# Gourchak Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Gourchak

Gourchak is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **505 people in 98 households**, the 88th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 505people (2011)
- 98households
- 89.9%literacy
- 830females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gourchak

Of every 100 households in Gourchak in 2011, 58 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gourchak · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**30%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gourchak?

■ Gourchak · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.9%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****830**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**925

Working population ****58.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 84.1% for women. 58% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 33 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 254 (86%)

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 Chandipur

- Mohan Paryar Chak556 people
- Kushalpur538 people
- Narghat Urf Sripatiganj536 people
- Rajarmapur518 people
- Kotalpur488 people
- Gilakhali485 people
- Juktibasan473 people
- Makarajpur420 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gourchak?505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourchak in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gourchak?89.9% (Census 2011)