# Gayerkata Tea Garden Village, Dhupguri – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Gayerkata Tea Garden

Gayerkata Tea Garden is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,085 people in 1,947 households**, the 4th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 9,085people (2011)
- 1,947households
- 62.3%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayerkata Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Gayerkata Tea Garden in 2011, 59 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gayerkata Tea Garden · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**61%

Tap water ****5%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**95%

Use banking services ****53%**

**58%

Television ****39%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**30%

Own their home ****50%**

**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 Gayerkata Tea Garden?

■ Gayerkata Tea Garden · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****997**

**962

Working population ****39.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 54.7% for women. 48% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (1%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 2,264 (64%) · **■** Marginal 1,216 (34%)

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

- Chamurchi Tea Garden11,663 people
- Gendrapara Tea Garden9,358 people
- Haldibari Tea Garden9,103 people
- Madhya Boragari7,987 people
- Karbala Tea Garden7,958 people
- Purba Magurmari7,361 people
- Bara Gharia7,090 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gayerkata Tea Garden?9,085 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayerkata Tea Garden in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gayerkata Tea Garden?62.3% (Census 2011)