# Gayaspur Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gayaspur

Gayaspur is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,370 people in 304 households**, the 33rd largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,370people (2011)
- 304households
- 79.9%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayaspur

Of every 100 households in Gayaspur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gayaspur · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****67%**

**50%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Gayaspur?

■ Gayaspur · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**988

Working population ****37.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 73.9% for women. 62% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (25%) · **■** Household industry 38 (7%) · **■** Other work 128 (25%) · **■** Marginal 88 (17%)

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 Debra

- Chandipur1,400 people
- Ramchandrapur1,399 people
- Khas Kendu Bagicha1,398 people
- Chak Madhuri1,394 people
- Bagabanpur1,345 people
- Hijalda1,344 people
- Haipat1,334 people
- Bankakul1,287 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gayaspur?1,370 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayaspur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gayaspur?79.9% (Census 2011)