# Gangapur Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gangapur

Gangapur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,448 people in 711 households**, the 50th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 3,448people (2011)
- 711households
- 82.2%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangapur

Of every 100 households in Gangapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangapur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**96%

Use banking services ****48%**

**45%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**36%

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 Gangapur?

■ Gangapur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**965

Working population ****43.0%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 75.0% for women. 60% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 20 (1%) · **■** Marginal 1,445 (98%)

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 Patharpratima

- Lakshmipur3,515 people
- Meherpur3,494 people
- Purba Dwarokapur3,457 people
- Buraburir Tat3,455 people
- Uttar Surendraganj3,415 people
- Purba Chintamonipur3,350 people
- Dakshin Gobindapur3,208 people
- Kamdebpur3,131 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangapur?3,448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangapur?82.2% (Census 2011)