# Gurpara Village, Ranaghat - I, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - I, Nadia 

# Gurpara

Gurpara is a village in Ranaghat - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **983 people in 230 households**, the 39th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 983people (2011)
- 230households
- 71.2%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurpara

Of every 100 households in Gurpara in 2011, 57 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gurpara · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**22%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**67%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****17%**

**38%

Television ****22%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**19%

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 Gurpara?

■ Gurpara · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1213**

**939

Working population ****31.2%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 68.5% for women. 60% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (53%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (23%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Ranaghat - I

- Niamatpur1,164 people
- Arshikra1,132 people
- Mugrail1,091 people
- Ghora Gachha1,062 people
- Bara Kulta938 people
- Gagrakhali879 people
- Bagrail700 people
- Aram Danga643 people

[All 60 villages in Ranaghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurpara?983 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurpara in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurpara?71.2% (Census 2011)