# Goraipur Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Goraipur

Goraipur is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **697 people in 186 households**, the 102nd largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 697people (2011)
- 186households
- 73.1%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goraipur

Of every 100 households in Goraipur in 2011, 80 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goraipur · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**55%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**92%

Use banking services ****32%**

**33%

Television ****34%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**29%

Own their home ****77%**

**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 Goraipur?

■ Goraipur · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**972

Working population ****39.7%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 68.5% for women. 65% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (34%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 108 (39%) · **■** Marginal 37 (13%)

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 Berhampore

- Gangadharpur891 people
- Raniswar847 people
- Paschim Gopinathpur833 people
- Naoda830 people
- Mukundapur675 people
- Baliharpur635 people
- Pratappur Chandpara576 people
- Pashchim Narayanpur571 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goraipur?697 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goraipur in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goraipur?73.1% (Census 2011)