# Gaurgram Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Gaurgram

Gaurgram is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,016 people in 655 households**, the 38th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 3,016people (2011)
- 655households
- 69.2%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaurgram

Of every 100 households in Gaurgram in 2011, 0 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gaurgram · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**67%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**68%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****27%**

**22%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gaurgram?

■ Gaurgram · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**940

Working population ****36.1%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 60.7% for women. 55% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 502 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 349 (32%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 54 (5%) · **■** Marginal 178 (16%)

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

- Hasludanga3,212 people
- Charesbari3,170 people
- Nirendrapur3,097 people
- Purbba Salbari3,081 people
- Barnes2,983 people
- Dakshin Dangapara2,938 people
- Bhangarhat2,933 people
- Brahmapur2,883 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaurgram?3,016 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaurgram in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaurgram?69.2% (Census 2011)