# Gangadhar Chak Village, Contai - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Gangadhar Chak

Gangadhar Chak is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,320 people in 274 households**, the 30th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,320people (2011)
- 274households
- 90.2%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadhar Chak

Of every 100 households in Gangadhar Chak in 2011, 39 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangadhar Chak · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**4%

Tap water ****59%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****19%**

**42%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**27%

Own their home ****90%**

**94%

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 Gangadhar Chak?

■ Gangadhar Chak · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.2%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**948

Working population ****41.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 84.5% for women. 56% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (4%) · **■** Household industry 50 (9%) · **■** Other work 213 (39%) · **■** Marginal 241 (44%)

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 Contai - III

- Parihara1,378 people
- Sillibari1,376 people
- Harina Pashdal Bar1,351 people
- Talda1,334 people
- Uttar Rania1,308 people
- Jamuashankarpur1,306 people
- Mashagan1,266 people
- Bamunia Jangal1,248 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadhar Chak?1,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadhar Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadhar Chak?90.2% (Census 2011)