# Gaukhana Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Gaukhana

Gaukhana is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,172 people in 241 households**, the 55th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 1,172people (2011)
- 241households
- 61.3%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaukhana

Of every 100 households in Gaukhana in 2011, 28 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaukhana · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**59%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**38%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****6%**

**25%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Gaukhana?

■ Gaukhana · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1195**

**977

Working population ****58.5%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.4% for men and 61.1% for women. 67% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 153 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (8%) · **■** Household industry 90 (13%) · **■** Other work 123 (18%) · **■** Marginal 263 (38%)

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 Lalgola

- Fatepur1,547 people
- Jagannathpur1,418 people
- Kulgachi1,279 people
- Kajla1,261 people
- Chak Dihiganespur1,159 people
- Namoorahar1,143 people
- Mahishasthal1,138 people
- Tejraypur1,124 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaukhana?1,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaukhana in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaukhana?61.3% (Census 2011)