# Gayeshpur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Gayeshpur

Gayeshpur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,205 people in 277 households**, the 55th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 1,205people (2011)
- 277households
- 78.1%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayeshpur

Of every 100 households in Gayeshpur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gayeshpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**73%

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

**67%

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

**28%

Tap water ****45%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**80%

Use banking services ****75%**

**55%

Television ****31%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gayeshpur?

■ Gayeshpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**949

Working population ****38.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 72.2% for women. 66% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (19%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 62 (13%) · **■** Marginal 301 (65%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Bhata1,253 people
- Sainta1,242 people
- Kalapukur1,230 people
- Jagajibanpur1,208 people
- Chakdaha1,177 people
- Panchgachhi1,174 people
- Dattapur1,168 people
- Ankargaria1,163 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gayeshpur?1,205 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayeshpur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gayeshpur?78.1% (Census 2011)