# Gaula Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Gaula

Gaula is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **594 people in 118 households**, the 151st largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 594people (2011)
- 118households
- 84.2%literacy
- 817females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaula

Of every 100 households in Gaula in 2011, 80 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Gaula · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**50%

Tap water ****11%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**86%

Use banking services ****86%**

**56%

Television ****16%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**14%

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 Gaula?

■ Gaula · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****817**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**942

Working population ****39.4%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 78.4% for women. 62% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 90 (38%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 67 (29%) · **■** Marginal 76 (32%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Kantagare636 people
- Amdabad632 people
- Belgare631 people
- Kharsat596 people
- Panjipukur587 people
- Birpala583 people
- Nabagram575 people
- Badishta557 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaula?594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaula in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaula?84.2% (Census 2011)