# Goragachha Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Goragachha

Goragachha is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 238 households**, the 55th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 238households
- 76.2%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goragachha

Of every 100 households in Goragachha in 2011, 15 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 21 a car.

■ Goragachha · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**41%

Tap water ****8%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**84%

Use banking services ****35%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****21%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Goragachha?

■ Goragachha · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**937

Working population ****41.1%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 73.0% for women. 56% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (16%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 340 (66%) · **■** Marginal 42 (8%)

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 Diamond Harbour - II

- Dakshin Simla1,424 people
- Jiancha1,379 people
- Sriphalbaria1,379 people
- Pana1,266 people
- Khanjapur1,251 people
- Raychak1,243 people
- Kankjal Pashchim1,236 people
- Chakloknath1,232 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goragachha?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goragachha in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goragachha?76.2% (Census 2011)