# Gangadaspur Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gangadaspur

Gangadaspur is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **546 people in 130 households**, the 109th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 546people (2011)
- 130households
- 87.5%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadaspur

Of every 100 households in Gangadaspur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangadaspur · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****54%**

**60%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gangadaspur?

■ Gangadaspur · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**942

Working population ****30.8%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 79.6% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 145 (86%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (4%) · **■** Other work 15 (9%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pingla

- Nakpura578 people
- Dakshin Kalapunja564 people
- Sitarampur557 people
- Brahman Bar548 people
- Paikchak540 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Uttar Bar539 people
- Aknagere538 people
- Raut Chak534 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadaspur?546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadaspur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadaspur?87.5% (Census 2011)