Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Ganesnagar

Ganesnagar is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 6,635 people in 1,528 households, the 11th largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.
- 6,635 people (2011)
- 1,528 households
- 88.5% literacy
- 953 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganesnagar

Of every 100 households in Ganesnagar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ganesnagar · ■ Namkhana rural average
- Electricity for lighting 37% 23%
- Toilet within the home 63% 73%
- No toilet (open defecation) 36% 26%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 68% 90%
- Use banking services 50% 41%
- Television 17% 13%
- Mobile phone 39% 44%
- Computer with internet 2% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 1%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 42% 37%
- Own their home 96% 92%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ganesnagar?

■ Ganesnagar · ■ Namkhana rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 88.5% 85.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 953 959
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 952 959
- Working population 34.0% 36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 84.1% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 230 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 305 (14%) · ■ Household industry 11 (0%) · ■ Other work 697 (31%) · ■ Marginal 1,012 (45%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Namkhana
- Sibrampur 7,358 people
- Namkhana 7,058 people
- Patibania 6,987 people
- Amrabati 6,675 people
- Debnagar 6,582 people
- Shibpur 6,269 people
- Sibnagar Abad 6,045 people
- Phatikpur 5,888 people

All 39 villages in Namkhana

## Other places named Ganesnagar
- Ganesnagar · Village, Dhansiripar, Dimapur · 1,162 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Ganesnagar? 6,635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganesnagar in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganesnagar? 88.5% (Census 2011)

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