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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Gaurangapur

Gaurangapur is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,004 people in 416 households**, the 42nd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,004people (2011)
- 416households
- 88.1%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaurangapur

Of every 100 households in Gaurangapur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Gaurangapur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**72%

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

**20%

Tap water ****66%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****60%**

**45%

Television ****24%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gaurangapur?

■ Gaurangapur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**972

Working population ****41.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 80.4% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 118 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (12%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 145 (17%) · **■** Marginal 448 (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 Tamluk

- Bhandarberya2,095 people
- Naikurijagannath Chak-I2,045 people
- Hijalberya2,040 people
- Tulia Jadubar2,029 people
- Rasikpur1,981 people
- Amgechhya1,928 people
- Shalikadhanichak1,919 people
- Kakgechhya1,909 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaurangapur?2,004 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaurangapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaurangapur?88.1% (Census 2011)