# Gurma Village, Gopiballavpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gopiballavpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gurma

Gurma is a village in Gopiballavpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **694 people in 127 households**, the 45th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 694people (2011)
- 127households
- 75.3%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurma

Of every 100 households in Gurma in 2011, 24 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurma · ■ Gopiballavpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**28%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**50%

Television ****14%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gurma?

■ Gurma · ■ Gopiballavpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**940

Working population ****40.9%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 63.0% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (40%) · **■** Other work 34 (12%) · **■** Marginal 86 (30%)

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 Gopiballavpur - II

- Kujra711 people
- Junsola704 people
- Kushmar700 people
- Jugdiha696 people
- Ohardanga Tikaitpur680 people
- Uttar Tentulia671 people
- Pithapur667 people
- Shankrari666 people

[All 192 villages in Gopiballavpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/gopiballavpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurma?694 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurma in?Paschim Medinipur district (Gopiballavpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurma?75.3% (Census 2011)