# Gouranga Chak Village, Moyna, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Gouranga Chak

Gouranga Chak is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,404 people in 339 households**, the 60th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 1,404people (2011)
- 339households
- 89.0%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gouranga Chak

Of every 100 households in Gouranga Chak in 2011, 41 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gouranga Chak · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**18%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

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

**6%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****21%**

**31%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Gouranga Chak?

■ Gouranga Chak · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**940

Working population ****36.9%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 82.5% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (15%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 153 (30%) · **■** Marginal 198 (38%)

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 Moyna

- Payra Chak1,471 people
- Dakshin Ankha1,464 people
- Purbba Dobandhi Patna1,461 people
- Panch Pukhuria1,415 people
- Kalika Danri1,365 people
- Hajari Chak1,307 people
- Kish0R Chak1,284 people
- Sridharpur1,252 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gouranga Chak?1,404 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gouranga Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gouranga Chak?89.0% (Census 2011)