# Gayapahari Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Gayapahari

Gayapahari is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **239 people in 47 households**, the 174th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 239people (2011)
- 47households
- 79.6%literacy
- 1,115females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayapahari

Of every 100 households in Gayapahari in 2011, 13 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Gayapahari · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****26%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gayapahari?

■ Gayapahari · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1115**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1375**

**937

Working population ****50.2%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 74.0% for women. 54% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (16%) · **■** Other work 13 (11%) · **■** Marginal 67 (56%)

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

- Adali265 people
- Patpur261 people
- Gosaindi255 people
- Kapishta246 people
- Krishtaganj217 people
- Dejori216 people
- Kharai216 people
- Chhota Daikiari199 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gayapahari?239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayapahari in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gayapahari?79.6% (Census 2011)