Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Uttar Gauripur

Uttar Gauripur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 393 people in 92 households, the 200th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 393 people (2011)
- 92 households
- 73.3% literacy
- 880 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Gauripur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Gauripur · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 58% 31%
- Toilet within the home 26% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 73% 75%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 27% 26%
- Television 19% 16%
- Mobile phone 48% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 18% 33%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Uttar Gauripur?

■ Uttar Gauripur · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.3% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 880 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 864 954
- Working population 35.1% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 72.7% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 73 (53%) · ■ Farm labourers 48 (35%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 15 (11%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Jobsa 413 people
- Chak Nedair 410 people
- Gobindapur 403 people
- Aktail 398 people
- Gandihar 392 people
- Dakshin Kesrail 390 people
- Dhulahar 387 people
- Chak Brindaban 384 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Other places named Uttar Gauripur
- Uttar Gauripur · Village, Bishnupur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas · 706 people
- Uttar Gauripur · Village, Harischandrapur - I, Maldah · 380 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Uttar Gauripur? 393 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Gauripur in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Gauripur? 73.3% (Census 2011)

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