# Gourangadih Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Gourangadih

Gourangadih is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,246 people in 501 households**, the 14th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,246people (2011)
- 501households
- 65.8%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gourangadih

Of every 100 households in Gourangadih in 2011, 26 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gourangadih · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**84%

Use banking services ****49%**

**50%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gourangadih?

■ Gourangadih · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**937

Working population ****31.7%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 54.0% for women. 49% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 125 (18%) · **■** Marginal 575 (81%)

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

- Ranganidi2,520 people
- Kashipur2,369 people
- Manpura2,338 people
- Talajuri2,305 people
- Mehi2,240 people
- Kalidaha2,110 people
- Makhyada2,086 people
- Bhalagara2,046 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gourangadih?2,246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourangadih in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gourangadih?65.8% (Census 2011)