# Gabdangar Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gabdangar

Gabdangar is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **793 people in 156 households**, the 71st largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 793people (2011)
- 156households
- 85.7%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gabdangar

Of every 100 households in Gabdangar in 2011, 17 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gabdangar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**46%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gabdangar?

■ Gabdangar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**932

Working population ****31.3%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 78.8% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (69%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (8%) · **■** Marginal 44 (18%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Sahapur852 people
- Dangar Tulshi823 people
- Satbahini804 people
- Kulrakhi797 people
- Shankar Gerya785 people
- Bishwanathpur779 people
- Chak Gopal778 people
- Kunja Berya765 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gabdangar?793 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gabdangar in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gabdangar?85.7% (Census 2011)