# Gangua Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gangua

Gangua is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **876 people in 190 households**, the 99th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 876people (2011)
- 190households
- 65.2%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangua

Of every 100 households in Gangua in 2011, 64 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangua · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**34%

Television ****18%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gangua?

■ Gangua · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**969

Working population ****49.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 54.3% for women. 55% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (32%) · **■** Household industry 19 (4%) · **■** Other work 115 (26%) · **■** Marginal 58 (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 Kaliaganj

- Medinipur899 people
- Balabanda893 people
- Dhabail890 people
- Biswanathpur877 people
- Purba Durgapur871 people
- Sadipur865 people
- Dakshin Gauripur864 people
- Ramkrishnapur830 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangua?876 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangua?65.2% (Census 2011)