# Paschim Gagara Village, Kaliaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Paschim Gagara

Paschim Gagara is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,025 people in 213 households**, the 82nd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,025people (2011)
- 213households
- 77.5%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paschim Gagara

Of every 100 households in Paschim Gagara in 2011, 1 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paschim Gagara · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**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 Paschim Gagara?

■ Paschim Gagara · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**969

Working population ****32.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 73.2% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 126 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (57%) · **■** Other work 18 (5%)

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

- Pachakandar1,076 people
- Radhikapur1,057 people
- Randhanipara1,057 people
- Kachna1,042 people
- Narayanpur1,023 people
- Pakuria989 people
- Mudafat988 people
- Raynagar969 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paschim Gagara?1,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paschim Gagara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paschim Gagara?77.5% (Census 2011)