# Gauripur Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Gauripur

Gauripur is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **843 people in 166 households**, the 60th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 843people (2011)
- 166households
- 52.1%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Gauripur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gauripur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****2%**

**30%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**51%

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 Gauripur?

■ Gauripur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.1%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**950

Working population ****45.9%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.9% for men and 47.8% for women. 52% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (39%) · **■** Other work 23 (6%) · **■** Marginal 180 (47%)

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 Manikchak

- Nazirpur Sahebdi1,266 people
- Chandpur1,261 people
- Bankipur1,028 people
- Uttar Dharampur846 people
- Bagdukra838 people
- Bhakta Ballabhpur827 people
- Fatenagar709 people
- Bara Bhabanipur565 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gauripur?843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauripur in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gauripur?52.1% (Census 2011)