# Gatlu Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gatlu

Gatlu is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **974 people in 194 households**, the 112th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 974people (2011)
- 194households
- 51.6%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gatlu

Of every 100 households in Gatlu in 2011, 31 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gatlu · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**16%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Gatlu?

■ Gatlu · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.6%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**955

Working population ****26.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.9% for men and 54.4% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 102 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (44%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 33 (13%)

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 Itahar

- Ramdanga1,014 people
- Purba Nagua1,009 people
- Mahanandapara997 people
- Bankur995 people
- Purushattambari968 people
- Srimantapur958 people
- Paschim Saiyadpur950 people
- Uttar Maheshpur944 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gatlu?974 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gatlu in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gatlu?51.6% (Census 2011)