# Gagnabad Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Gagnabad

Gagnabad is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,628 people in 561 households**, the 6th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,628people (2011)
- 561households
- 72.4%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gagnabad

Of every 100 households in Gagnabad in 2011, 46 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gagnabad · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**84%

Use banking services ****38%**

**50%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**21%

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 Gagnabad?

■ Gagnabad · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**937

Working population ****33.6%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 63.5% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 498 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (9%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 143 (16%) · **■** Marginal 156 (18%)

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 Kashipur

- Sutabai3,507 people
- Beko3,149 people
- Manihara3,104 people
- Lara2,774 people
- Sonaojuri2,624 people
- Barra2,620 people
- Simla2,530 people
- Ranganidi2,520 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gagnabad?2,628 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gagnabad in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gagnabad?72.4% (Census 2011)