# Goursunderpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Goursunderpur

Goursunderpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **819 people in 164 households**, the 72nd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 819people (2011)
- 164households
- 82.6%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goursunderpur

Of every 100 households in Goursunderpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goursunderpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**75%

Use banking services ****73%**

**53%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Goursunderpur?

■ Goursunderpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**948

Working population ****38.2%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 74.2% for women. 60% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (5%) · **■** Marginal 102 (33%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Harishchandrapur865 people
- Shalchaturia853 people
- Saheb Ganj822 people
- Paschim Patrahati820 people
- Sonamukhi797 people
- Gopinathpur753 people
- Khaer Bani744 people
- Parbbatia738 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goursunderpur?819 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goursunderpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goursunderpur?82.6% (Census 2011)