# Goraipur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Goraipur

Goraipur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **961 people in 235 households**, the 66th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 961people (2011)
- 235households
- 61.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goraipur

Of every 100 households in Goraipur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goraipur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**85%

Use banking services ****58%**

**57%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Goraipur?

■ Goraipur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**961

Working population ****46.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 54.0% for women. 61% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (10%) · **■** Marginal 339 (77%)

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 Sainthia

- Baidyapur1,000 people
- Kshatipur976 people
- Belia972 people
- Bhabanipur965 people
- Konarpur958 people
- Monai954 people
- Uttar Gobindapur954 people
- Kanduri941 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goraipur?961 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goraipur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goraipur?61.4% (Census 2011)