# Guptapara Village, Ferrargunj – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Ferrargunj, South Andaman 

# Guptapara

Guptapara is a village in Ferrargunj sub-district of South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted **936 people in 225 households**, the 18th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.6%.

- 936people (2011)
- 225households
- 87.7%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Guptapara PIN code and other codes

Guptapara falls in Ferrargunj sub-district, South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

- Gram panchayatGuptapara
- Community development blockFerrargunj
- Census village code645488

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Guptapara from nearby towns?

- Ferrargunj (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Port Blair (district HQ)26 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town)26 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Guptapara?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Guptapara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Manglutan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Port Blair
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Guptapara known for?

About 10% of the 122 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Guptapara

Of every 100 households in Guptapara in 2011, 64 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Guptapara · ■ Ferrargunj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**39%

Tap water ****90%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**36%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**41%

Use banking services ****90%**

**91%

Television ****43%**

**67%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**83%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**5%

None of these assets ****12%**

**7%

Own their home ****62%**

**72%

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 Guptapara?

■ Guptapara · ■ Ferrargunj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**87.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**951

Working population ****40.6%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 84.0% for women. 62% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 232 (61%) · **■** Marginal 30 (8%)

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 Ferrargunj

- Mannarghat1,259 people
- Hope Town1,258 people
- Stewartgunj1,172 people
- Mithakhari1,071 people
- Caddlegunj845 people
- Mathura801 people
- Manpur753 people
- Badmash Pahar728 people

[All 76 villages in Ferrargunj](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/south-andaman/ferrargunj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Guptapara from Port Blair?26 km by road
- What is the population of Guptapara?936 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guptapara in?South Andaman district (Ferrargunj sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Guptapara?87.7% (Census 2011)