# Purana Guamalati Village, English Bazar, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · English Bazar, Maldah 

# Purana Guamalati

Purana Guamalati is a village in English Bazar sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **86 people in 19 households**, the 103rd largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 86people (2011)
- 19households
- 55.8%literacy
- 792females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purana Guamalati

Of every 100 households in Purana Guamalati in 2011, 53 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purana Guamalati · ■ English Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**60%

Tap water ****90%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**83%

Use banking services ****16%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****68%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Purana Guamalati?

■ Purana Guamalati · ■ English Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****792**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**972

Working population ****33.7%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 47.1% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Farm labourers 7 (24%) · **■** Household industry 4 (14%) · **■** Other work 3 (10%) · **■** Marginal 15 (52%)

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 English Bazar

- Hazarat Nagar186 people
- Naya Guamalati110 people
- Shyampur104 people
- Khorda Jalalpur99 people
- Chandangar85 people
- Byaspur67 people
- Kanaipur44 people
- Fatepur4 people

[All 132 villages in English Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/english-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purana Guamalati?86 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purana Guamalati in?Maldah district (English Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purana Guamalati?55.8% (Census 2011)