# Purba Gazipur Village, Amta - I, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Amta - I, Haora 

# Purba Gazipur

Purba Gazipur is a village in Amta - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,720 people in 1,420 households**, the 1st largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.0%.

- 6,720people (2011)
- 1,420households
- 74.6%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Gazipur

Of every 100 households in Purba Gazipur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Gazipur · ■ Amta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**36%

Tap water ****7%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**79%

Use banking services ****14%**

**33%

Television ****21%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purba Gazipur?

■ Purba Gazipur · ■ Amta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**81.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**966

Working population ****33.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 71.9% for women. 59% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 183 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 646 (29%) · **■** Household industry 76 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,201 (54%) · **■** Marginal 132 (6%)

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 Amta - I

- Khardaha5,535 people
- Kumar Chak4,884 people
- Guzarpur4,680 people
- Sonamui4,155 people

[All 73 villages in Amta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/amta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Gazipur?6,720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Gazipur in?Haora district (Amta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Gazipur?74.6% (Census 2011)