# Goradag Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Goradag

Goradag is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,603 people in 281 households**, the 37th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,603people (2011)
- 281households
- 59.5%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goradag

Of every 100 households in Goradag in 2011, 21 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Goradag · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**95%

Tap water ****42%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****15%**

**50%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Goradag?

■ Goradag · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**987

Working population ****36.8%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 48.0% for women. 53% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (24%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 115 (19%) · **■** Marginal 211 (36%)

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

- Mankiari1,784 people
- Salaidahar1,719 people
- Tumba1,679 people
- Nunya1,648 people
- Senabana1,603 people
- Lachhamanpur1,576 people
- Bhursa1,554 people
- Pijhati1,537 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goradag?1,603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goradag in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goradag?59.5% (Census 2011)