Village · Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur
# Garang

Garang is a village in Khejuri - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,332 people in 268 households, the 41st largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.
- 1,332 people (2011)
- 268 households
- 89.4% literacy
- 976 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garang

Of every 100 households in Garang in 2011, 47 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Garang · ■ Khejuri - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 47% 26%
- Toilet within the home 88% 89%
- No toilet (open defecation) 12% 9%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 96%
- Use banking services 6% 36%
- Television 9% 9%
- Mobile phone 26% 41%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 44% 28%
- Own their home 99% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Garang?

■ Garang · ■ Khejuri - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 89.4% 85.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 976 956
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 977
- Working population 25.9% 33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 84.5% for women. 48% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 37 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 34 (10%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 74 (21%) · ■ Marginal 199 (58%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Khejuri - II
- Bara Garania 1,446 people
- Keshab Chak 1,420 people
- Arak Bari 1,389 people
- Kunjapur 1,352 people
- Dakshin Ali Chak 1,217 people
- Shilla Berya 1,183 people
- Saheb Nagar 1,159 people
- Satsimali 1,131 people

All 99 villages in Khejuri - II

## Other places named Garang
- Garang · Village, Deori, Giridih · 1,137 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Garang? 1,332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garang in? Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garang? 89.4% (Census 2011)

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