# Gourdih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Gourdih

Gourdih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **574 people in 113 households**, the 117th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 574people (2011)
- 113households
- 48.0%literacy
- 1,110females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gourdih

Of every 100 households in Gourdih in 2011, 26 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gourdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****4%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

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 Gourdih?

■ Gourdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.0%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1110**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**957

Working population ****27.7%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 33.9% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 122 (77%)

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

- Sasangdih614 people
- Badhadih582 people
- Basbera578 people
- Babuijor574 people
- Gurda569 people
- Rajdaha569 people
- Digardih566 people
- Nilmohanpur565 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gourdih?574 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourdih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gourdih?48.0% (Census 2011)