# Guria Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Guria

Guria is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,181 people in 480 households**, the 38th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 2,181people (2011)
- 480households
- 87.0%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Guria

Of every 100 households in Guria in 2011, 54 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Guria · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**17%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

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

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**89%

Use banking services ****48%**

**39%

Television ****31%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**34%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Guria?

■ Guria · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**940

Working population ****35.9%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 81.4% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 21 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (3%) · **■** Household industry 93 (12%) · **■** Other work 428 (55%) · **■** Marginal 220 (28%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Thekuya Chak2,353 people
- Namal2,298 people
- Dihiguma2,263 people
- Dhanya Ghar2,258 people
- Ichhapur2,102 people
- Mirpur2,091 people
- Babalpur2,034 people
- Kolsar2,026 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Guria?2,181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guria in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Guria?87.0% (Census 2011)