# Gorsika Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Gorsika

Gorsika is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,741 people in 322 households**, the 9th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,741people (2011)
- 322households
- 58.3%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorsika

Of every 100 households in Gorsika in 2011, 20 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gorsika · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**67%

Use banking services ****92%**

**52%

Television ****12%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Gorsika?

■ Gorsika · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**973

Working population ****37.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 45.1% for women. 49% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (9%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (5%) · **■** Marginal 379 (58%)

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 Santuri

- Muraddi2,321 people
- Lalgar1,963 people
- Brindabanpur1,828 people
- Tarabari1,772 people
- Bheti1,695 people
- Kotaldih1,663 people
- Dandahit1,578 people
- Marbedya1,397 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorsika?1,741 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorsika in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gorsika?58.3% (Census 2011)