# Guchure Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Guchure

Guchure is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **680 people in 146 households**, the 74th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 680people (2011)
- 146households
- 88.9%literacy
- 1,112females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Guchure

Of every 100 households in Guchure in 2011, 94 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Guchure · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**32%

Television ****42%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Guchure?

■ Guchure · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.9%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1112**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**950

Working population ****30.4%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 86.6% for women. 62% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 26 (13%)

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 Chandrakona - I

- Bamnia738 people
- Jamira703 people
- Doyan695 people
- Karanji682 people
- Harinarayanpur664 people
- Kamarberya645 people
- Bhobla634 people
- Thakurhati621 people

[All 132 villages in Chandrakona - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Guchure?680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guchure in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Guchure?88.9% (Census 2011)