# Ganjana Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ganjana

Ganjana is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **686 people in 147 households**, the 164th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 686people (2011)
- 147households
- 52.5%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganjana

Of every 100 households in Ganjana in 2011, 62 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganjana · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**26%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**19%

Television ****29%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**28%

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 Ganjana?

■ Ganjana · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****745**

**943

Working population ****38.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.9% for men and 39.3% for women. 52% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (13%) · **■** Marginal 28 (11%)

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 Karandighi

- Kachnagachh740 people
- Rankul737 people
- Bhagelia727 people
- Saraunja706 people
- Jharibarhans663 people
- Sadhanpur655 people
- Dharipara639 people
- Haria627 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganjana?686 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganjana in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganjana?52.5% (Census 2011)