# Ganeshpur Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ganeshpur

Ganeshpur is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **516 people in 113 households**, the 194th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 516people (2011)
- 113households
- 74.9%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganeshpur

Of every 100 households in Ganeshpur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ganeshpur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**24%

Television ****28%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**21%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Ganeshpur?

■ Ganeshpur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**62.8%

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

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1103**

**939

Working population ****38.6%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 65.0% for women. 60% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (14%) · **■** Other work 70 (35%) · **■** Marginal 48 (24%)

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 Raiganj

- Nazirpur568 people
- Kumarghari538 people
- Siagram528 people
- Samalgram521 people
- Durgapur504 people
- Nuripur504 people
- Shitalpur496 people
- Paschim Shankarpur480 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganeshpur?516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganeshpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganeshpur?74.9% (Census 2011)