# Gourbazar Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Gourbazar

Gourbazar is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,312 people in 313 households**, the 39th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,312people (2011)
- 313households
- 70.8%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gourbazar

Of every 100 households in Gourbazar in 2011, 30 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gourbazar · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****65%**

**55%

Television ****24%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****15%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gourbazar?

■ Gourbazar · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1114**

**975

Working population ****44.1%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 63.0% for women. 57% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (25%) · **■** Household industry 45 (8%) · **■** Other work 125 (22%) · **■** Marginal 146 (25%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Matmahula1,453 people
- Katigram1,448 people
- Amba1,430 people
- Pathai1,348 people
- Kamra1,270 people
- Nandigram1,219 people
- Jamalpur1,199 people
- Bhalian1,169 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gourbazar?1,312 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourbazar in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gourbazar?70.8% (Census 2011)