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

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Garna

Garna is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,348 people in 286 households**, the 113th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,348people (2011)
- 286households
- 50.0%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garna

Of every 100 households in Garna in 2011, 13 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Garna · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**67%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**24%

Television ****5%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Garna?

■ Garna · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**939

Working population ****45.2%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.0% for men and 45.8% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 69 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 257 (42%) · **■** Other work 33 (5%) · **■** Marginal 250 (41%)

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

- Arthagaon1,416 people
- Panch Bhaiya1,401 people
- Naram1,385 people
- Dhusmal1,373 people
- Bijgaon1,342 people
- Dakshin Bishnupur1,339 people
- Kokra1,331 people
- Rishipur1,331 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garna?1,348 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garna in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garna?50.0% (Census 2011)