# Garokhuta Village, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Garokhuta

Garokhuta is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,227 people in 270 households**, the 65th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,227people (2011)
- 270households
- 51.5%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garokhuta

Of every 100 households in Garokhuta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garokhuta · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**72%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**25%

Television ****5%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Garokhuta?

■ Garokhuta · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.5%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**939

Working population ****37.5%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.9% for men and 46.0% for women. 48% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 96 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (40%) · **■** Other work 41 (9%) · **■** Marginal 139 (30%)

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 Alipurduar - II

- Dangi1,610 people
- Shrinathpur Tea Garden1,579 people
- Paschim Chikliguri1,534 people
- Chhota Chakirbas1,503 people
- Panbari1,063 people
- Bindipara1,040 people
- Kadampur1,026 people
- Khatpara953 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garokhuta?1,227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garokhuta in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garokhuta?51.5% (Census 2011)