# Gaurgan Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gaurgan

Gaurgan is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **451 people in 100 households**, the 133rd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 451people (2011)
- 100households
- 80.4%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaurgan

Of every 100 households in Gaurgan in 2011, 43 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gaurgan · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**97%

Use banking services ****33%**

**34%

Television ****25%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gaurgan?

■ Gaurgan · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**979

Working population ****52.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 73.0% for women. 58% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (17%) · **■** Marginal 190 (81%)

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 Jhargram

- Tiakati455 people
- Dubrajpur454 people
- Gangadharpur452 people
- Baghjhapa451 people
- Kismat Ganak-Kati445 people
- Auspal441 people
- Champasol439 people
- Nunia Kundari439 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaurgan?451 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaurgan in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaurgan?80.4% (Census 2011)