# Garakhuta Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Garakhuta

Garakhuta is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,745 people in 368 households**, the 86th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 1,745people (2011)
- 368households
- 73.9%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garakhuta

Of every 100 households in Garakhuta in 2011, 33 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garakhuta · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**61%

Tap water ****1%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**56%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**95%

Use banking services ****84%**

**58%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**78%

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 Garakhuta?

■ Garakhuta · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**962

Working population ****35.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 62.0% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 232 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (32%) · **■** Other work 49 (8%) · **■** Marginal 145 (23%)

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 Dhupguri

- Sonakhuli1,950 people
- Dakshin Sakojhora1,940 people
- Paschim Dangapara1,864 people
- Gadang Dwitia Khanda1,762 people
- Pundibari1,491 people
- Uttar Jhor Altagram1,463 people
- Gadang Pratham Khanda1,454 people
- Patkidaha1,405 people

[All 102 villages in Dhupguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/dhupguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garakhuta?1,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garakhuta in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garakhuta?73.9% (Census 2011)