# Gauripur Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Gauripur

Gauripur is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,468 people in 320 households**, the 15th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,468people (2011)
- 320households
- 82.0%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Gauripur in 2011, 63 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gauripur · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**84%

Tap water ****22%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**68%

Use banking services ****60%**

**35%

Television ****32%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Gauripur?

■ Gauripur · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**961

Working population ****28.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 74.1% for women. 50% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 176 (42%) · **■** Marginal 120 (29%)

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 Bankura - I

- Badra2,016 people
- Shushunia1,680 people
- Jalhari1,584 people
- Kargahir1,473 people
- Balia1,460 people
- Dhulidihi1,334 people
- Dakshinbankati1,312 people
- Darpanagar1,307 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gauripur?1,468 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauripur in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gauripur?82.0% (Census 2011)