# Gurgurapal Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gurgurapal

Gurgurapal is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,589 people in 329 households**, the 35th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,589people (2011)
- 329households
- 72.3%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurgurapal

Of every 100 households in Gurgurapal in 2011, 70 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurgurapal · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**18%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****18%**

**32%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Gurgurapal?

■ Gurgurapal · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**70.5%

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

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**968

Working population ****35.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 60.7% for women. 54% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (6%) · **■** Household industry 58 (10%) · **■** Other work 155 (28%) · **■** Marginal 200 (36%)

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 Midnapore

- Madarpur1,736 people
- Bajpara1,697 people
- Delua1,672 people
- Raghunathpur1,649 people
- Talkui1,585 people
- Mahatapnagar1,504 people
- Ramchandrapur1,470 people
- Shankati1,353 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurgurapal?1,589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurgurapal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurgurapal?72.3% (Census 2011)