# Gauripur Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Gauripur

Gauripur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **438 people in 104 households**, the 89th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 438people (2011)
- 104households
- 35.4%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Gauripur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gauripur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**72%

Tap water ****9%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****0%**

**42%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****97%**

**34%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Gauripur?

■ Gauripur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.4%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****717**

**944

Working population ****29.5%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 37.8% for men and 32.7% for women. 53% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (40%) · **■** Other work 46 (36%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Dighi560 people
- Rampur Bhimpur538 people
- Chandipur497 people
- Domabir451 people
- Sankola358 people
- Rahimpur309 people
- Balakat260 people
- Rayghata237 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gauripur?438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauripur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gauripur?35.4% (Census 2011)