# Gurchakil Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Gurchakil

Gurchakil is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,599 people in 566 households**, the 36th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,599people (2011)
- 566households
- 87.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurchakil

Of every 100 households in Gurchakil in 2011, 25 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurchakil · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****18%**

**44%

Television ****14%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gurchakil?

■ Gurchakil · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**942

Working population ****51.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 79.1% for women. 64% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 189 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (15%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 202 (15%) · **■** Marginal 722 (54%)

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 Kolaghat

- Deulbar2,765 people
- Pyarit2,760 people
- Jhakurkol2,721 people
- Manua2,601 people
- Kala Gechhya2,584 people
- Chapda2,494 people
- Dakshin Sagarbar2,444 people
- Jugiber2,397 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurchakil?2,599 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurchakil in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurchakil?87.3% (Census 2011)