# Gidda Pahar Village, Kurseong, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Kurseong, Darjiling 

# Gidda Pahar

Gidda Pahar is a village in Kurseong sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,768 people in 633 households**, the 8th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.6%.

- 2,768people (2011)
- 633households
- 90.6%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gidda Pahar

Of every 100 households in Gidda Pahar in 2011, 92 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 60 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gidda Pahar · ■ Kurseong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**38%

Tap water ****14%**

**38%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****60%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**75%

Use banking services ****75%**

**57%

Television ****75%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**20%

Own their home ****87%**

**78%

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 Gidda Pahar?

■ Gidda Pahar · ■ Kurseong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.6%**

**79.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**1002

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**1016

Working population ****27.3%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.5% for men and 84.7% for women. 44% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 630 (83%) · **■** Marginal 92 (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 Kurseong

- Sittong Khasmahal3,098 people
- Jamadar Bhita Khasmahal3,035 people
- Sittong Forest2,930 people
- Garidhora Tea Garden2,877 people
- Rohini Tea Garden2,752 people
- Sukna Pratham Khanda2,606 people
- Singel Tea Garden2,590 people
- Selpu Khasmahal1,959 people

[All 72 villages in Kurseong](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/kurseong/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gidda Pahar?2,768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gidda Pahar in?Darjiling district (Kurseong sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gidda Pahar?90.6% (Census 2011)