# Garga Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Garga

Garga is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,958 people in 362 households**, the 20th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,958people (2011)
- 362households
- 60.7%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garga

Of every 100 households in Garga in 2011, 1 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garga · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****36%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Garga?

■ Garga · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**939

Working population ****46.8%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 43.3% for women. 54% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 337 (37%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 96 (10%) · **■** Marginal 378 (41%)

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 Balarampur

- Keraya2,140 people
- Chhotagado2,066 people
- Baragado Alias Hetyadih2,009 people
- Supurdi1,961 people
- Ghatbera1,858 people
- Karma1,856 people
- Sagma1,818 people
- Giting Lahar1,797 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garga?1,958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garga in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garga?60.7% (Census 2011)