# Swastayan Gachhi Village, Bhangar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Swastayan Gachhi

Swastayan Gachhi is a village in Bhangar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,966 people in 1,358 households**, the 10th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.4%.

- 6,966people (2011)
- 1,358households
- 77.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Swastayan Gachhi

Of every 100 households in Swastayan Gachhi in 2011, 73 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Swastayan Gachhi · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**19%

Tap water ****11%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****27%**

**32%

Television ****16%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**11%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****11%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Swastayan Gachhi?

■ Swastayan Gachhi · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**74.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**962

Working population ****31.3%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 75.5% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 483 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 641 (29%) · **■** Household industry 30 (1%) · **■** Other work 737 (34%) · **■** Marginal 287 (13%)

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 Bhangar - II

- Hadia7,921 people
- Benota7,850 people
- Majerhat7,797 people
- Bhogali7,516 people
- Hat Gachha5,882 people
- Dharmatala Pachuria5,789 people
- Panapukur5,770 people
- Nimkuria5,604 people

[All 60 villages in Bhangar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Swastayan Gachhi?6,966 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Swastayan Gachhi in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Swastayan Gachhi?77.7% (Census 2011)