# Ganga Cheri Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ganga Cheri

Ganga Cheri is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,403 people in 673 households**, the 24th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 3,403people (2011)
- 673households
- 60.3%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganga Cheri

Of every 100 households in Ganga Cheri in 2011, 9 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganga Cheri · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**6%

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

**0%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****1%**

**12%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****77%**

**47%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Ganga Cheri?

■ Ganga Cheri · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**961

Working population ****28.6%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 53.2% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 456 (47%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 159 (16%) · **■** Marginal 329 (34%)

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 - II

- Haora Mari4,136 people
- Miagheri4,134 people
- Singheswar3,705 people
- Srinagar3,420 people
- Hediar Abad3,183 people
- Chengdona3,065 people
- Parganti2,781 people
- Deuli2,753 people

[All 61 villages in Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganga Cheri?3,403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganga Cheri in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganga Cheri?60.3% (Census 2011)