# Gourganja Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Gourganja

Gourganja is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **652 people in 154 households**, the 103rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 652people (2011)
- 154households
- 73.4%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gourganja

Of every 100 households in Gourganja in 2011, 61 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gourganja · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**77%

Use banking services ****84%**

**51%

Television ****25%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**97%

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 Gourganja?

■ Gourganja · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**980

Working population ****52.6%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 62.0% for women. 68% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (41%) · **■** Household industry 63 (18%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 24 (7%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Daulatpur692 people
- Paschim Bankati670 people
- Karkari667 people
- Debipur652 people
- Karamtal649 people
- Harulia647 people
- Satkenduri630 people
- Simlakuri629 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gourganja?652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourganja in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gourganja?73.4% (Census 2011)