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

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Gaursanda

Gaursanda is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,648 people in 371 households**, the 44th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 1,648people (2011)
- 371households
- 55.3%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaursanda

Of every 100 households in Gaursanda in 2011, 47 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaursanda · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****64%**

**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 Gaursanda?

■ Gaursanda · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**953

Working population ****37.0%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 45.7% for women. 52% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 79 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 231 (38%) · **■** Other work 49 (8%) · **■** Marginal 251 (41%)

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

- Rampur1,891 people
- Balarampur1,843 people
- Hosenpur1,828 people
- Rampurujitpur1,790 people
- Dakshin Paranpur1,630 people
- Kashipara1,548 people
- Uttar Bhabanipur1,529 people
- Aolagachhi Chaupukuria1,484 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaursanda?1,648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaursanda in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaursanda?55.3% (Census 2011)