# Gurpa Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Gurpa

Gurpa is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **821 people in 159 households**, the 64th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 821people (2011)
- 159households
- 65.0%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurpa

Of every 100 households in Gurpa in 2011, 7 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurpa · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****9%**

**44%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

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 Gurpa?

■ Gurpa · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**934

Working population ****35.1%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 55.0% for women. 52% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (43%) · **■** Household industry 25 (9%) · **■** Other work 19 (7%) · **■** Marginal 69 (24%)

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 Purulia - I

- Bhuinadi871 people
- Manera870 people
- Rampur849 people
- Chandradi837 people
- Sidpur818 people
- Sundradi801 people
- Balia Pathar798 people
- Tangida753 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurpa?821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurpa in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurpa?65.0% (Census 2011)