# Garkhali Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Garkhali

Garkhali is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,502 people in 281 households**, the 44th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 1,502people (2011)
- 281households
- 66.7%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garkhali

Of every 100 households in Garkhali in 2011, 38 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Garkhali · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****2%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****63%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Garkhali?

■ Garkhali · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**65.7%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**950

Working population ****29.6%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 58.2% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (38%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 112 (25%) · **■** Marginal 131 (29%)

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 Canning - I

- Dakshin Angad Baria1,727 people
- Mara Haldi1,716 people
- Poramura1,656 people
- Ramamari1,592 people
- Dakshin Kalikatala1,442 people
- Karkhanar Chak1,416 people
- Tengra Khali1,221 people
- Halapara1,174 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garkhali?1,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garkhali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garkhali?66.7% (Census 2011)