# Gournagar Village, Balagarh, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balagarh, Hugli 

# Gournagar

Gournagar is a village in Balagarh sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **387 people in 90 households**, the 110th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.2%.

- 387people (2011)
- 90households
- 74.0%literacy
- 861females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gournagar

Of every 100 households in Gournagar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gournagar · ■ Balagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**81%

Use banking services ****33%**

**48%

Television ****14%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**21%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Gournagar?

■ Gournagar · ■ Balagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**76.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****861**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****519**

**948

Working population ****38.0%**

**41.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 64.8% for women. 63% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (37%) · **■** Household industry 8 (5%) · **■** Other work 20 (14%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Balagarh

- Belgachhi408 people
- Alisa Garia390 people
- Arazi Bhabanipur387 people
- Basantapur387 people
- Rampur356 people
- Gaipara345 people
- Bara Nekua341 people
- Durllabhpur336 people

[All 132 villages in Balagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/balagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gournagar?387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gournagar in?Hugli district (Balagarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gournagar?74.0% (Census 2011)