# Gaurangapur Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Gaurangapur

Gaurangapur is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,020 people in 237 households**, the 109th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,020people (2011)
- 237households
- 92.6%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaurangapur

Of every 100 households in Gaurangapur in 2011, 89 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaurangapur · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**93%

Use banking services ****85%**

**36%

Television ****39%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**15%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gaurangapur?

■ Gaurangapur · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.6%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****641**

**949

Working population ****40.7%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 89.2% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 187 (45%) · **■** Marginal 128 (31%)

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 Panskura

- Alugram Barada1,034 people
- Rajnarayan Chak1,032 people
- Rajsahar1,026 people
- Dakshin Maynadal1,024 people
- Maguri Uttarsai1,020 people
- Kaya1,013 people
- Talitya999 people
- Paobanki974 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaurangapur?1,020 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaurangapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaurangapur?92.6% (Census 2011)