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

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Gheropara

Gheropara is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **775 people in 184 households**, the 89th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 775people (2011)
- 184households
- 74.8%literacy
- 1,039females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gheropara

Of every 100 households in Gheropara in 2011, 9 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gheropara · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**73%

Tap water ****73%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**82%

Use banking services ****7%**

**61%

Television ****3%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**24%

Own their home ****56%**

**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 Gheropara?

■ Gheropara · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1039**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1268**

**972

Working population ****48.4%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 66.4% for women. 70% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (47%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 65 (17%) · **■** Marginal 97 (26%)

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

- Uttar Gopinathpur852 people
- Tatarpur835 people
- Amdhara819 people
- Dakshin Narayanpur808 people
- Patharghata762 people
- Paschim Bahadurpur753 people
- Mahulara751 people
- Ramganja701 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gheropara?775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gheropara in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gheropara?74.8% (Census 2011)