Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Gilapukur

Gilapukur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 135 people in 31 households, the 222nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.
- 135 people (2011)
- 31 households
- 60.0% literacy
- 1,177 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gilapukur

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

■ Gilapukur · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 27%
- Toilet within the home 3% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 81%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 48% 29%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 93%
- Use banking services 0% 18%
- Television 23% 12%
- Mobile phone 0% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 36% 24%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gilapukur?

■ Gilapukur · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 60.0% 65.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1177 981
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1222 955
- Working population 31.9% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.5% for men and 61.3% for women. 68% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 23 (53%) · ■ Farm labourers 20 (47%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kushmundi
- Kanthail 173 people
- Chakdarbaru 154 people
- Tilchar 153 people
- Shalkhair 138 people
- Milanhat 84 people
- Khanpur 75 people
- Birupur 68 people
- Jhagrapara 61 people

All 231 villages in Kushmundi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Gilapukur? 135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gilapukur in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gilapukur? 60.0% (Census 2011)

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