# Gamarkunri Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Gamarkunri

Gamarkunri is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **969 people in 177 households**, the 64th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 969people (2011)
- 177households
- 76.2%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gamarkunri

Of every 100 households in Gamarkunri in 2011, 31 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gamarkunri · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****98%**

**50%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**21%

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 Gamarkunri?

■ Gamarkunri · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**937

Working population ****47.9%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 61.8% for women. 53% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (15%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (11%) · **■** Marginal 320 (69%)

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 Kashipur

- Banshraya983 people
- Dhatla974 people
- Jorisha974 people
- Shiulibari970 people
- Tara952 people
- Rangunigora947 people
- Shalaya946 people
- Jagannathdi945 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gamarkunri?969 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamarkunri in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gamarkunri?76.2% (Census 2011)