# Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj Village, Arsha – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj

Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,444 people in 273 households**, the 44th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,444people (2011)
- 273households
- 52.8%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj

Of every 100 households in Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj in 2011, 6 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****100%**

**50%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**31%

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 Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj?

■ Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1186**

**987

Working population ****35.2%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 39.4% for women. 48% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 165 (32%) · **■** Other work 23 (5%) · **■** Marginal 310 (61%)

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 Arsha

- Bhursa1,554 people
- Pijhati1,537 people
- Khukhramura1,529 people
- Nagra1,491 people
- Juri1,410 people
- Chitidih1,408 people
- Haranama1,403 people
- Kadampur1,316 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj?1,444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj?52.8% (Census 2011)