# Gorara Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Gorara

Gorara is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,252 people in 250 households**, the 61st largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,252people (2011)
- 250households
- 70.4%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorara

Of every 100 households in Gorara in 2011, 19 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gorara · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****99%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gorara?

■ Gorara · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**965

Working population ****30.8%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 63.2% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (32%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 23 (6%)

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 Nabagram

- Bichhuti1,386 people
- Jay Krishnapur1,377 people
- Karjora1,302 people
- Kanakpara1,262 people
- Jalukhan1,230 people
- Hijrol1,212 people
- Ayra1,167 people
- Digari1,165 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorara?1,252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorara in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gorara?70.4% (Census 2011)