# Hourgari Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Hourgari

Hourgari is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,247 people in 725 households**, the 28th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 3,247people (2011)
- 725households
- 74.9%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hourgari

Of every 100 households in Hourgari in 2011, 21 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Hourgari · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**52%

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

**47%

Tap water ****6%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**83%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****30%**

**40%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Hourgari?

■ Hourgari · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**942

Working population ****38.4%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 70.1% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 140 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 348 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 298 (24%) · **■** Marginal 458 (37%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Talliguri3,372 people
- Bara Nalangibari3,331 people
- Dewanbas3,286 people
- Brahmottar Kasal Danga3,252 people
- Bhogdabri Kesharibari3,195 people
- Chhat Duder Kuthi3,180 people
- Dayaler Chhara2,983 people
- Jiranpur2,934 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hourgari?3,247 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hourgari in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hourgari?74.9% (Census 2011)