# Gagda Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Gagda

Gagda is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **852 people in 166 households**, the 49th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 852people (2011)
- 166households
- 64.6%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gagda

Of every 100 households in Gagda in 2011, 17 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gagda · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****14%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gagda?

■ Gagda · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1135**

**969

Working population ****60.8%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 52.4% for women. 63% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (38%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 191 (37%)

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 Puncha

- Gangadi999 people
- Balakdi982 people
- Panruda969 people
- Raghunathpur891 people
- Sargara841 people
- Arali837 people
- Samakata830 people
- Simakanali829 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gagda?852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gagda in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gagda?64.6% (Census 2011)