# Gayalikocha Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Gayalikocha

Gayalikocha is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **673 people in 136 households**, the 69th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 23.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 673people (2011)
- 136households
- 23.0%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayalikocha

Of every 100 households in Gayalikocha in 2011, 34 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gayalikocha · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****93%**

**50%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****80%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Gayalikocha?

■ Gayalikocha · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****23.0%**

**54.8%

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

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1116**

**987

Working population ****66.7%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 31.1% for men and 14.4% for women. 67% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 44 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (47%) · **■** Other work 81 (18%) · **■** Marginal 115 (26%)

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 Arsha

- Bamandiha716 people
- Kenda707 people
- Pathardi705 people
- Piskapahari682 people
- Kanchanpur667 people
- Khedadi643 people
- Burahatu Alias Kashidih630 people
- Kulaghutu618 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gayalikocha?673 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayalikocha in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gayalikocha?23.0% (Census 2011)