# Bara Ganta Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Bara Ganta

Bara Ganta is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **870 people in 172 households**, the 55th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 870people (2011)
- 172households
- 64.2%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Ganta

Of every 100 households in Bara Ganta in 2011, 21 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara Ganta · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**39%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bara Ganta?

■ Bara Ganta · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**946

Working population ****48.3%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 45.6% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 129 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (5%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 260 (62%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Tanasi903 people
- Madhupur902 people
- Tanasi878 people
- Saramba871 people
- Nutandi864 people
- Chaupad861 people
- Durgu853 people
- Kashidi852 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Ganta?870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Ganta in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Ganta?64.2% (Census 2011)