# Gurputa Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Gurputa

Gurputa is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **935 people in 197 households**, the 65th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 935people (2011)
- 197households
- 57.9%literacy
- 1,050females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurputa

Of every 100 households in Gurputa in 2011, 23 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurputa · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**34%

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

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**80%

Use banking services ****83%**

**68%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gurputa?

■ Gurputa · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**954

Working population ****35.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 45.8% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (22%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 29 (9%) · **■** Marginal 158 (47%)

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 Chhatna

- Gara962 people
- Pahar Bedia951 people
- Khabanigoparpur941 people
- Simulberya936 people
- Bagjuri927 people
- Bankati925 people
- Jorhira912 people
- Shuara Bakra898 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurputa?935 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurputa in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurputa?57.9% (Census 2011)