# Gazipur Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gazipur

Gazipur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,250 people in 291 households**, the 73rd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,250people (2011)
- 291households
- 82.3%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gazipur

Of every 100 households in Gazipur in 2011, 75 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gazipur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**49%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**91%

Use banking services ****38%**

**37%

Television ****46%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**37%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Gazipur?

■ Gazipur · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****33.9%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 78.1% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (12%) · **■** Other work 358 (84%) · **■** Marginal 5 (1%)

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 Falta

- Mallikpur1,307 people
- Barhay Batpur1,292 people
- Kodalia1,281 people
- Shyamsundarpur1,264 people
- Tajpur1,240 people
- Durbarat1,202 people
- Ahamadpur1,163 people
- Budhagram1,161 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gazipur?1,250 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gazipur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gazipur?82.3% (Census 2011)