# Gurguria Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Gurguria

Gurguria is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,941 people in 280 households**, the 30th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,941people (2011)
- 280households
- 71.3%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurguria

Of every 100 households in Gurguria in 2011, 30 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurguria · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**79%

Use banking services ****3%**

**47%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Gurguria?

■ Gurguria · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**968

Working population ****30.6%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 53.9% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (26%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 170 (29%) · **■** Marginal 169 (28%)

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 Para

- Nadiha2,029 people
- Ranipur1,991 people
- Bhanuridi1,966 people
- Amchatar1,942 people
- Rautara1,870 people
- Parasiri1,837 people
- Ramkrishnapur alias Nutandi1,821 people
- Bamanbad1,796 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurguria?1,941 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurguria in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurguria?71.3% (Census 2011)