# Gayeshpur Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Gayeshpur

Gayeshpur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,825 people in 856 households**, the 5th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 3,825people (2011)
- 856households
- 71.4%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayeshpur

Of every 100 households in Gayeshpur in 2011, 61 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gayeshpur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**73%

Tap water ****87%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**82%

Use banking services ****54%**

**61%

Television ****37%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Gayeshpur?

■ Gayeshpur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**972

Working population ****39.0%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 65.1% for women. 56% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 236 (16%) · **■** Household industry 45 (3%) · **■** Other work 891 (60%) · **■** Marginal 247 (17%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Singi5,723 people
- Bahiri5,222 people
- Sansat4,551 people
- Mehidipur4,080 people
- Ruppur3,803 people
- Syambati3,635 people
- Saturia3,534 people
- Nurpur3,519 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gayeshpur?3,825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayeshpur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gayeshpur?71.4% (Census 2011)