# Gahulapara Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Gahulapara

Gahulapara is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,239 people in 302 households**, the 57th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 1,239people (2011)
- 302households
- 56.5%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahulapara

Of every 100 households in Gahulapara in 2011, 26 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gahulapara · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**80%

Tap water ****44%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**16%

Television ****11%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**46%

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 Gahulapara?

■ Gahulapara · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**953

Working population ****45.1%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.3% for men and 48.7% for women. 64% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 345 (62%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 47 (8%) · **■** Marginal 76 (14%)

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 - II

- Elam1,383 people
- Bijali1,334 people
- Anandaganj1,264 people
- Dahuka1,242 people
- Mirzadpur1,235 people
- Malatipur1,201 people
- Dakshin Bhabanipur1,090 people
- Aladipur1,043 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahulapara?1,239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahulapara in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gahulapara?56.5% (Census 2011)