# Gournagar Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Gournagar

Gournagar is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **519 people in 122 households**, the 94th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 519people (2011)
- 122households
- 80.9%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gournagar

Of every 100 households in Gournagar in 2011, 78 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gournagar · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**80%

Use banking services ****43%**

**34%

Television ****32%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gournagar?

■ Gournagar · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1156**

**983

Working population ****37.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 76.7% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 64 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (38%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 52 (27%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Behira555 people
- Gopalpur554 people
- Sehala540 people
- Girajpur536 people
- Saldaha495 people
- Abdarpur494 people
- Baram453 people
- Kalaipahari438 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gournagar?519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gournagar in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gournagar?80.9% (Census 2011)