# Gorala Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Gorala

Gorala is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **676 people in 167 households**, the 105th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 676people (2011)
- 167households
- 58.9%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorala

Of every 100 households in Gorala in 2011, 28 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gorala · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****95%**

**57%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Gorala?

■ Gorala · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**961

Working population ****49.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 45.8% for women. 59% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 25 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 27 (8%) · **■** Marginal 274 (82%)

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

- Babuia684 people
- Khanerpara683 people
- Uttar Naogaon679 people
- Bijuri677 people
- Raihat676 people
- Gargaria667 people
- Banamalidihi663 people
- Chhautara663 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorala?676 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorala in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gorala?58.9% (Census 2011)