# Gabardhanpur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Gabardhanpur

Gabardhanpur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,843 people in 609 households**, the 12th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 2,843people (2011)
- 609households
- 78.6%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gabardhanpur

Of every 100 households in Gabardhanpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gabardhanpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**34%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**5%

Tap water ****29%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****43%**

**36%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**21%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Gabardhanpur?

■ Gabardhanpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**86.5%

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

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**943

Working population ****40.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 73.5% for women. 60% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 349 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 382 (33%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 204 (18%) · **■** Marginal 214 (19%)

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 - II

- Satshatamal3,565 people
- Sandalpur3,079 people
- Pratap Dighi3,046 people
- Tupchibar3,011 people
- Jagati2,802 people
- Bagmari2,793 people
- Nonakourda2,643 people
- Mallikpur2,514 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gabardhanpur?2,843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gabardhanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gabardhanpur?78.6% (Census 2011)