# Gorsai Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Gorsai

Gorsai is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **364 people in 63 households**, the 159th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 364people (2011)
- 63households
- 63.9%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorsai

Of every 100 households in Gorsai in 2011, 57 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Gorsai · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****43%**

**41%

Television ****34%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Gorsai?

■ Gorsai · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1643**

**957

Working population ****39.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 53.1% for women. 57% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 29 (20%) · **■** Marginal 63 (44%)

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 Barabazar

- Singugara390 people
- Kuturkuma388 people
- Kerar374 people
- Bamu373 people
- Salghati364 people
- Ramkanali357 people
- Motiramdih341 people
- Sarajang340 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorsai?364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorsai in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gorsai?63.9% (Census 2011)