# Gurulia Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Gurulia

Gurulia is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,757 people in 624 households**, the 34th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 2,757people (2011)
- 624households
- 70.6%literacy
- 1,001females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurulia

Of every 100 households in Gurulia in 2011, 32 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurulia · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**26%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****21%**

**27%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****51%**

**53%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Gurulia?

■ Gurulia · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**960

Working population ****32.0%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 65.1% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 279 (32%) · **■** Household industry 147 (17%) · **■** Other work 148 (17%) · **■** Marginal 184 (21%)

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

- Bhabani Nagar2,959 people
- Biswanathpur2,952 people
- Khaspur2,928 people
- Mahammadpur2,889 people
- Budharapara2,578 people
- Ayra2,520 people
- Sahapara2,368 people
- Mandalpur2,347 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurulia?2,757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurulia in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurulia?70.6% (Census 2011)