# Gulai Chandi Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gulai Chandi

Gulai Chandi is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,010 people in 464 households**, the 32nd largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 2,010people (2011)
- 464households
- 74.7%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gulai Chandi

Of every 100 households in Gulai Chandi in 2011, 59 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gulai Chandi · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**25%

Tap water ****49%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**19%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****17%**

**29%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Gulai Chandi?

■ Gulai Chandi · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****707**

**953

Working population ****36.2%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 72.3% for women. 60% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 227 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (26%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 284 (39%) · **■** Marginal 12 (2%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Shankarpur2,262 people
- Zanmamudpur2,256 people
- Shibhati2,211 people
- Kathur2,141 people
- Matina2,002 people
- Paikpara1,964 people
- Tajpur1,669 people
- Dakshin Gulaichandi1,581 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gulai Chandi?2,010 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gulai Chandi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gulai Chandi?74.7% (Census 2011)