# Gaurhati Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Gaurhati

Gaurhati is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **13,084 people in 3,011 households**, the 1st largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 13,084people (2011)
- 3,011households
- 80.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaurhati

Of every 100 households in Gaurhati in 2011, 70 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gaurhati · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**30%

Tap water ****29%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**88%

Use banking services ****58%**

**42%

Television ****31%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Gaurhati?

■ Gaurhati · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**959

Working population ****39.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 73.7% for women. 61% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 671 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,075 (21%) · **■** Household industry 731 (14%) · **■** Other work 1,588 (31%) · **■** Marginal 1,097 (21%)

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 Arambag

- Keshabpur12,687 people
- Mayapur10,871 people
- Malaypur8,465 people
- Dahar Kundu6,464 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaurhati?13,084 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaurhati in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaurhati?80.7% (Census 2011)