# Giridharipur Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Giridharipur

Giridharipur is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **573 people in 130 households**, the 116th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 573people (2011)
- 130households
- 73.6%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Giridharipur

Of every 100 households in Giridharipur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Giridharipur · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**27%

Television ****3%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****94%**

**53%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Giridharipur?

■ Giridharipur · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****757**

**960

Working population ****50.8%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 64.9% for women. 54% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 135 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (26%) · **■** Other work 14 (5%) · **■** Marginal 66 (23%)

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 Khargram

- Raypur628 people
- Dakshin Gangarampur619 people
- Matai616 people
- Digha603 people
- Durga Rampur534 people
- Ghanashyampur451 people
- Kamarpur438 people
- Simulia Chak437 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Giridharipur?573 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Giridharipur in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Giridharipur?73.6% (Census 2011)