# Gaurangapur Village, Shyampur - II, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Shyampur - II, Haora 

# Gaurangapur

Gaurangapur is a village in Shyampur - II sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,223 people in 275 households**, the 54th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 1,223people (2011)
- 275households
- 80.9%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaurangapur

Of every 100 households in Gaurangapur in 2011, 78 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gaurangapur · ■ Shyampur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****46%**

**28%

Television ****47%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Gaurangapur?

■ Gaurangapur · ■ Shyampur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**961

Working population ****35.7%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 74.6% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 222 (51%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 110 (25%) · **■** Marginal 62 (14%)

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 Shyampur - II

- Joarkul1,384 people
- Rana1,315 people
- Ratanpur1,248 people
- Ganeshpur1,239 people
- Chaulia1,189 people
- Pratappur1,140 people
- Krishnanagar1,054 people
- Bhatughar979 people

[All 73 villages in Shyampur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/shyampur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaurangapur?1,223 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaurangapur in?Haora district (Shyampur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaurangapur?80.9% (Census 2011)