# Gaurangapur Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gaurangapur

Gaurangapur is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **264 people in 73 households**, the 170th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 264people (2011)
- 73households
- 55.5%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaurangapur

Of every 100 households in Gaurangapur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Gaurangapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**25%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gaurangapur?

■ Gaurangapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**951

Working population ****41.3%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 43.2% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (23%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 27 (25%)

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 Kumarganj

- Majhina284 people
- Anarpur280 people
- Bodra274 people
- Chak-Behatair265 people
- Udaypur262 people
- Khandara253 people
- Krisnagar252 people
- Panitara249 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaurangapur?264 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaurangapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaurangapur?55.5% (Census 2011)