# Gouri Nagar Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Gouri Nagar

Gouri Nagar is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,026 people in 226 households**, the 87th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,026people (2011)
- 226households
- 84.0%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gouri Nagar

Of every 100 households in Gouri Nagar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gouri Nagar · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****27%**

**32%

Television ****26%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**48%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gouri Nagar?

■ Gouri Nagar · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**945

Working population ****34.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 77.5% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (27%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 86 (24%) · **■** Marginal 88 (25%)

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 Burwan

- Bahara1,094 people
- Golahat1,073 people
- Komadda1,060 people
- Ranipur1,029 people
- Raniara Masadda1,025 people
- Barutia1,022 people
- Mansara1,004 people
- Haldi1,001 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gouri Nagar?1,026 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gouri Nagar in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gouri Nagar?84.0% (Census 2011)