# Gangarai, Bishnupur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Bishnupur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gangarai

Gangarai is a village in [Bishnupur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-i/) sub-district of [South Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **3,316 people in 844 households**, the 17th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 3,316people (2011)
- 844households
- 71.8%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangarai

Of every 100 households in Gangarai in 2011, 9 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangarai · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**68%

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

**16%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****15%**

**36%

Television ****8%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gangarai?

■ Gangarai · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**954

Working population ****37.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 59.8% for women. 61% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 543 (44%) · **■** Other work 304 (25%) · **■** Marginal 346 (28%)

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 Bishnupur - I

- Panakua3,793 people
- Alipore3,783 people
- Doultabad3,649 people
- Dosatina3,385 people
- Chak Balaibag3,167 people
- Damdamakismat3,128 people
- Bharu Ramkrishnapur3,124 people
- Kastikumari3,100 people

[All 85 villages in Bishnupur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-i/villages/)

## Other places named Gangarai

- Gangarai · Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj · 2,475 people
- Gangarai · Village, Bheemgal, Nizamabad · 220 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangarai?3,316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangarai in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangarai?71.8% (Census 2011)