# Gurkhair Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gurkhair

Gurkhair is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,162 people in 507 households**, the 7th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 2,162people (2011)
- 507households
- 68.8%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurkhair

Of every 100 households in Gurkhair in 2011, 44 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gurkhair · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**24%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**32%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Gurkhair?

■ Gurkhair · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**973

Working population ****32.8%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 61.8% for women. 50% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 169 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 331 (47%) · **■** Other work 124 (17%) · **■** Marginal 85 (12%)

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 Harirampur

- Bartakkigram2,660 people
- Bairhatta2,639 people
- Muskipur2,205 people
- Dhanaipur2,175 people
- Baldu2,111 people
- Musan2,107 people
- Jamuna2,098 people
- Fasiabad2,014 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurkhair?2,162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurkhair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurkhair?68.8% (Census 2011)