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

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Gourhanda

Gourhanda is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,857 people in 861 households**, the 14th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 3,857people (2011)
- 861households
- 60.5%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gourhanda

Of every 100 households in Gourhanda in 2011, 15 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gourhanda · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**25%

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

**17%

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

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**90%

Use banking services ****4%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gourhanda?

■ Gourhanda · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**953

Working population ****36.9%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 55.0% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 272 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 606 (43%) · **■** Household industry 26 (2%) · **■** Other work 64 (4%) · **■** Marginal 457 (32%)

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

- Shripur4,968 people
- Bhakri4,502 people
- Chandua4,038 people
- Suti3,970 people
- Gourhanda Aladipur3,734 people
- Ranghat3,729 people
- Ramkrishnapur3,680 people
- Meghdumra3,577 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gourhanda?3,857 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourhanda in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gourhanda?60.5% (Census 2011)