# Gangajora Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gangajora

Gangajora is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,339 people in 763 households**, the 20th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 3,339people (2011)
- 763households
- 78.3%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangajora

Of every 100 households in Gangajora in 2011, 40 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gangajora · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**18%

Tap water ****65%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**73%

Use banking services ****49%**

**52%

Television ****43%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**10%

Own their home ****87%**

**92%

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 Gangajora?

■ Gangajora · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1174**

**969

Working population ****41.4%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 69.6% for women. 62% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (3%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,097 (79%) · **■** Marginal 205 (15%)

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 Sonarpur

- Tihuria3,773 people
- Nayabad3,696 people
- Kghodhati3,619 people
- Bara Gachhia3,520 people
- Deara3,152 people
- Pratapnagar2,785 people
- Hasanpur2,753 people
- Benebou2,707 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangajora?3,339 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangajora in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangajora?78.3% (Census 2011)