# Gauripara Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gauripara

Gauripara is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,733 people in 371 households**, the 17th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,733people (2011)
- 371households
- 56.0%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gauripara

Of every 100 households in Gauripara in 2011, 7 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gauripara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**89%

Use banking services ****6%**

**32%

Television ****7%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gauripara?

■ Gauripara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**972

Working population ****40.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 48.6% for women. 56% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 318 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 309 (44%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 70 (10%)

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 Bansihari

- Badalpur1,892 people
- Amai1,869 people
- Thingur1,796 people
- Jaharpur1,767 people
- Dilkhanthi1,729 people
- Mahammadpur1,724 people
- Daulatpur1,687 people
- Bilbarail1,665 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gauripara?1,733 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauripara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gauripara?56.0% (Census 2011)