# Gorahar Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gorahar

Gorahar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **329 people in 85 households**, the 215th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 329people (2011)
- 85households
- 59.9%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorahar

Of every 100 households in Gorahar in 2011, 30 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gorahar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gorahar?

■ Gorahar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**965

Working population ****55.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 51.0% for women. 59% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (11%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 155 (84%)

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 Balurghat

- Uchhakapur341 people
- Kutubpur339 people
- Amril329 people
- Chakismail329 people
- Bangi325 people
- Sialdanga314 people
- Taksail310 people
- Chakpara309 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorahar?329 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gorahar?59.9% (Census 2011)