# Gaurda Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gaurda

Gaurda is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **990 people in 222 households**, the 56th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 990people (2011)
- 222households
- 92.8%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaurda

Of every 100 households in Gaurda in 2011, 96 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaurda · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****68%**

**60%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Gaurda?

■ Gaurda · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.8%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**953

Working population ****32.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.1% for men and 88.4% for women. 61% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (69%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (7%) · **■** Marginal 14 (4%)

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 Dantan - II

- Panch Kunia1,086 people
- Jana Bar1,063 people
- Kalyanpur1,061 people
- Ramchandrapur1,050 people
- Pipursai973 people
- Kulida963 people
- Sirni941 people
- Fatepur930 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaurda?990 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaurda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaurda?92.8% (Census 2011)