# Gouragapur Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Gouragapur

Gouragapur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **436 people in 95 households**, the 69th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 436people (2011)
- 95households
- 84.3%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gouragapur

Of every 100 households in Gouragapur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gouragapur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****6%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****49%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

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 Gouragapur?

■ Gouragapur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**974

Working population ****33.5%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 77.7% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (79%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (11%) · **■** Marginal 12 (8%)

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 Sutahata

- Bara Talia638 people
- Shankarpur595 people
- Anarpur504 people
- Mathrapur440 people
- Sadaram Chak420 people
- Kalipur412 people
- Chak Sijbere384 people
- Bar Mohanpur318 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gouragapur?436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gouragapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gouragapur?84.3% (Census 2011)