# Gandua Village, Magrahat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gandua

Gandua is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **611 people in 143 households**, the 73rd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 611people (2011)
- 143households
- 75.7%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gandua

Of every 100 households in Gandua in 2011, 65 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gandua · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**2%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****45%**

**33%

Television ****24%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gandua?

■ Gandua · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**983

Working population ****30.8%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 65.6% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (32%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (24%) · **■** Marginal 20 (11%)

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 Magrahat - I

- Pashchm Ramnathpur757 people
- Ghati Harania749 people
- Sadhukhan Ardari741 people
- Ruipukuria Bhatugachhi704 people
- Sibpur607 people
- Jagadish Nagar559 people
- Basudebpur446 people
- Dakshin Bishnupur422 people

[All 81 villages in Magrahat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gandua?611 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandua in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gandua?75.7% (Census 2011)