# Gangasagar Village, Sagar – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Sagar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gangasagar

Gangasagar is a village in Sagar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,340 people in 2,030 households**, the 1st largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 10,340people (2011)
- 2,030households
- 83.6%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangasagar

Of every 100 households in Gangasagar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gangasagar · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**13%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****46%**

**30%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

None of these assets ****16%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gangasagar?

■ Gangasagar · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**964

Working population ****36.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 76.6% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 283 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 379 (10%) · **■** Household industry 48 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,547 (41%) · **■** Marginal 1,498 (40%)

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 Sagar

- Sibpur9,344 people
- Haradhanpur8,998 people
- Krishnanagar8,105 people
- Kachubaria7,727 people

[All 47 villages in Sagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangasagar?10,340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangasagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangasagar?83.6% (Census 2011)