# Garia Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Garia

Garia is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,325 people in 283 households**, the 44th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,325people (2011)
- 283households
- 90.9%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garia

Of every 100 households in Garia in 2011, 39 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garia · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**96%

Use banking services ****70%**

**33%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Garia?

■ Garia · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**953

Working population ****48.5%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 85.5% for women. 66% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (36%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 50 (8%) · **■** Marginal 268 (42%)

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

- Harkuchia1,416 people
- Sahapur1,409 people
- Gangadhar Bar1,392 people
- Uttar Pathari1,353 people
- Asti1,302 people
- Bar Bhagia1,274 people
- Saharda1,262 people
- Aranga1,243 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 Garia?1,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garia in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garia?90.9% (Census 2011)