# Gaura Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Gaura

Gaura is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **741 people in 165 households**, the 78th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 741people (2011)
- 165households
- 73.7%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaura

Of every 100 households in Gaura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaura · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**28%

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

**3%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****94%**

**65%

Television ****16%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**11%

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 Gaura?

■ Gaura · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**969

Working population ****43.3%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 64.5% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 147 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (31%) · **■** Other work 51 (16%) · **■** Marginal 25 (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 Kotulpur

- Baliarpur776 people
- Ismail Chak758 people
- Bara Pushkarini752 people
- Ranahat749 people
- Radhamadhabpur699 people
- Chakchil682 people
- Ghatkol654 people
- Patra Bandh636 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaura?741 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaura in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaura?73.7% (Census 2011)