# Gahabi Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gahabi

Gahabi is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,014 people in 229 households**, the 49th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,014people (2011)
- 229households
- 91.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahabi

Of every 100 households in Gahabi in 2011, 66 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gahabi · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**10%

Tap water ****2%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****64%**

**37%

Television ****26%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gahabi?

■ Gahabi · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.3%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**926

Working population ****40.4%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 85.3% for women. 56% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (10%) · **■** Marginal 219 (53%)

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 Egra - I

- Satkhanda1,074 people
- Bilbara1,057 people
- Khodkol1,045 people
- Biharipur1,015 people
- Rayda1,001 people
- Telami969 people
- Hansaria945 people
- Nehalia944 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahabi?1,014 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahabi in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gahabi?91.3% (Census 2011)