# Gangpura Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gangpura

Gangpura is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,344 people in 247 households**, the 44th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,344people (2011)
- 247households
- 79.7%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangpura

Of every 100 households in Gangpura in 2011, 44 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gangpura · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**88%

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

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**89%

Use banking services ****73%**

**51%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Gangpura?

■ Gangpura · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**929

Working population ****30.4%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 67.1% for women. 51% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (14%) · **■** Household industry 17 (4%) · **■** Other work 288 (71%) · **■** Marginal 31 (8%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Tengramari1,460 people
- Padima1,458 people
- Saiyadpur1,383 people
- Basantapur1,364 people
- Bagmari1,271 people
- Kulbudhi1,259 people
- Mandala1,220 people
- Maitrapur1,204 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangpura?1,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangpura in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangpura?79.7% (Census 2011)