# Gure Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Gure

Gure is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,080 people in 453 households**, the 30th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 2,080people (2011)
- 453households
- 84.9%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gure

Of every 100 households in Gure in 2011, 74 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gure · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**28%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**80%

Use banking services ****48%**

**55%

Television ****52%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gure?

■ Gure · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**949

Working population ****36.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 78.7% for women. 61% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 148 (20%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 495 (66%) · **■** Marginal 30 (4%)

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

- Makrar2,133 people
- Malpaharpur2,116 people
- Aknapur2,096 people
- Gauribati2,093 people
- Kanraria2,052 people
- Ketera2,012 people
- Kulteghari1,909 people
- Bhimpur1,882 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gure?2,080 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gure in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gure?84.9% (Census 2011)