# Baikur Gourgram Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Baikur Gourgram

Baikur Gourgram is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,822 people in 2,453 households**, the 2nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 10,822people (2011)
- 2,453households
- 73.3%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baikur Gourgram

Of every 100 households in Baikur Gourgram in 2011, 24 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baikur Gourgram · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**67%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****13%**

**22%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Baikur Gourgram?

■ Baikur Gourgram · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**940

Working population ****39.1%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 65.8% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,635 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 912 (22%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 804 (19%) · **■** Marginal 867 (21%)

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 Maynaguri

- Saptibari23,693 people
- Padamati8,407 people
- Dharmmapur8,353 people
- Jabaramli6,688 people
- Uttar Madhabdanga6,610 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baikur Gourgram?10,822 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikur Gourgram in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baikur Gourgram?73.3% (Census 2011)
