# Gourisail Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Gourisail

Gourisail is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,507 people in 570 households**, the 45th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 2,507people (2011)
- 570households
- 87.7%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gourisail

Of every 100 households in Gourisail in 2011, 73 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gourisail · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**88%

Use banking services ****77%**

**42%

Television ****52%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gourisail?

■ Gourisail · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**956

Working population ****30.5%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 83.2% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (20%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 445 (58%) · **■** Marginal 10 (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 - II

- Kulgachi2,819 people
- Krishnanagar2,794 people
- Doluabari2,613 people
- Hudapatila2,569 people
- Purbanagar2,497 people
- Dakshin Dhakuria2,457 people
- Uzirpukuria2,455 people
- Dubli2,433 people

[All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gourisail?2,507 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourisail in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gourisail?87.7% (Census 2011)