# Gelia Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Gelia

Gelia is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,655 people in 405 households**, the 25th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,655people (2011)
- 405households
- 87.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gelia

Of every 100 households in Gelia in 2011, 91 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gelia · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**73%

Tap water ****35%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**79%

Use banking services ****75%**

**62%

Television ****56%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**12%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gelia?

■ Gelia · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**951

Working population ****51.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 83.1% for women. 65% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (14%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 298 (35%) · **■** Marginal 225 (27%)

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 Jaypur

- Simulairi1,915 people
- Makarandapur1,892 people
- Baliguma1,741 people
- Dighpar1,673 people
- Brahmankonda1,623 people
- Kunrre1,605 people
- Jujur1,590 people
- Mahaldanga1,577 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gelia?1,655 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gelia in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gelia?87.4% (Census 2011)