# Gagankalia Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gagankalia

Gagankalia is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **937 people in 201 households**, the 71st largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 937people (2011)
- 201households
- 76.4%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gagankalia

Of every 100 households in Gagankalia in 2011, 2 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gagankalia · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****35%**

**84%

Use banking services ****41%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gagankalia?

■ Gagankalia · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**937

Working population ****34.5%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 67.8% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (36%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (27%) · **■** Marginal 84 (26%)

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 Diamond Harbour - II

- Kalia1,023 people
- Singhalganja Abad983 people
- Birpara979 people
- Cheora963 people
- Barada932 people
- Kankjal Purba931 people
- Kultikri910 people
- Jhaudari908 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gagankalia?937 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gagankalia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gagankalia?76.4% (Census 2011)