# Gayadham Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/gayadham/

Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gayadham

Gayadham is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,889 people in 370 households**, the 72nd largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,889people (2011)
- 370households
- 82.8%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayadham

Of every 100 households in Gayadham in 2011, 1 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gayadham · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**7%

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

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**45%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gayadham?

■ Gayadham · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**82.1%

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

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**965

Working population ****38.2%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 76.8% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (8%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 116 (16%) · **■** Marginal 504 (70%)

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

- Gurudaspur2,183 people
- Chintamanipur2,098 people
- Malaya1,921 people
- Jagindrapur1,891 people
- Nilerat1,823 people
- Abad Gangadharpur1,615 people
- Dakshin Sibpur1,455 people
- Uttar Mahendrapur1,383 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 Gayadham?1,889 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayadham in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gayadham?82.8% (Census 2011)