# Gangadhar Bar Village, Egra - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Gangadhar Bar

Gangadhar Bar is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,392 people in 295 households**, the 42nd largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,392people (2011)
- 295households
- 89.7%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadhar Bar

Of every 100 households in Gangadhar Bar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gangadhar Bar · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****73%**

**33%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bar?

■ Gangadhar Bar · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**953

Working population ****43.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 84.9% for women. 63% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (20%) · **■** Household industry 33 (5%) · **■** Other work 34 (6%) · **■** Marginal 383 (64%)

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 - II

- Chirulia1,437 people
- Shyampur1,422 people
- Harkuchia1,416 people
- Sahapur1,409 people
- Uttar Pathari1,353 people
- Garia1,325 people
- Asti1,302 people
- Bar Bhagia1,274 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadhar Bar?1,392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadhar Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadhar Bar?89.7% (Census 2011)