# Gura Chhanda Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Gura Chhanda

Gura Chhanda is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **716 people in 140 households**, the 87th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 716people (2011)
- 140households
- 80.5%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gura Chhanda

Of every 100 households in Gura Chhanda in 2011, 56 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gura Chhanda · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**86%

Tap water ****100%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**67%

Use banking services ****30%**

**43%

Television ****12%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gura Chhanda?

■ Gura Chhanda · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****731**

**908

Working population ****51.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 69.1% for women. 61% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (8%) · **■** Marginal 239 (65%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Malkonra758 people
- Mautara744 people
- Ranbahal736 people
- Sidara719 people
- Taljhitka709 people
- Rampur682 people
- Raniara680 people
- Kali Pathar658 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gura Chhanda?716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gura Chhanda in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gura Chhanda?80.5% (Census 2011)