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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gouripur

Gouripur is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **96 people in 29 households**, the 200th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 96people (2011)
- 29households
- 77.1%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gouripur

Of every 100 households in Gouripur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gouripur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**70%

Tap water ****100%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**25%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****76%**

**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 Gouripur?

■ Gouripur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****444**

**951

Working population ****37.5%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 69.0% for women. 52% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 4 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (67%) · **■** Marginal 8 (22%)

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

- Walitara114 people
- Chak Gangaprasad110 people
- Munsipur110 people
- Bhomar106 people
- Kashiara89 people
- Prasadpur83 people
- Ulipur83 people
- Brahmanpara46 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gouripur?96 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gouripur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gouripur?77.1% (Census 2011)