# Goraipur Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Goraipur

Goraipur is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **617 people in 114 households**, the 182nd largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 617people (2011)
- 114households
- 75.2%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goraipur

Of every 100 households in Goraipur in 2011, 80 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goraipur · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**58%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**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 Goraipur?

■ Goraipur · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1146**

**960

Working population ****27.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 62.8% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (65%) · **■** Household industry 12 (7%) · **■** Other work 25 (15%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Keshpur

- Khagra Gerya627 people
- Maipur627 people
- Kunyarer Ayma622 people
- Durya Radhaballabhpur617 people
- Jagannathpur Ayma613 people
- Salanga613 people
- Shirsha611 people
- Inad Chak610 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goraipur?617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goraipur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goraipur?75.2% (Census 2011)