# Gourangapur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Gourangapur

Gourangapur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **110 people in 25 households**, the 74th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 110people (2011)
- 25households
- 84.1%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gourangapur

Of every 100 households in Gourangapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gourangapur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**38%

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

**8%

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

**70%

Use banking services ****4%**

**68%

Television ****19%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Gourangapur?

■ Gourangapur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1444**

**976

Working population ****53.6%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 73.2% for women. 59% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 17 (29%) · **■** Marginal 37 (63%)

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 Kanksa

- Bidbihar206 people
- Srirampur202 people
- Pathardiha179 people
- Sadhumara137 people
- Talbahari109 people
- Majhidanga75 people
- Masna22 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gourangapur?110 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourangapur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gourangapur?84.1% (Census 2011)