# Gauripur Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Gauripur

Gauripur is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **459 people in 113 households**, the 87th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 459people (2011)
- 113households
- 68.8%literacy
- 1,068females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Gauripur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gauripur · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**36%

Tap water ****2%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**24%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****21%**

**40%

Television ****10%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**11%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Gauripur?

■ Gauripur · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1068**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1231**

**922

Working population ****32.7%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 55.6% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (27%) · **■** Other work 38 (25%) · **■** Marginal 53 (35%)

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 Goghat - II

- Dwaripara490 people
- Ambaula484 people
- Indira471 people
- Masidbera467 people
- Dakshin Arjungaria454 people
- Jharikhanda439 people
- Chakran438 people
- Maynadanga412 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gauripur?459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauripur in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gauripur?68.8% (Census 2011)