# Gouripur Village, Kulpi – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gouripur

Gouripur is a village in Kulpi sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,078 people in 656 households**, the 19th largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 3,078people (2011)
- 656households
- 78.1%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gouripur

Of every 100 households in Gouripur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gouripur · ■ Kulpi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**24%

Television ****34%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**44%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Gouripur?

■ Gouripur · ■ Kulpi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**972

Working population ****33.2%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 75.2% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (5%) · **■** Household industry 26 (3%) · **■** Other work 518 (51%) · **■** Marginal 408 (40%)

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 Kulpi

- Uttar Rajarampur3,421 people
- Karanjali3,400 people
- Masamari3,297 people
- Gobindapur3,123 people
- Hatbaria2,993 people
- Barbaria2,972 people
- Dakshin Ramkrishnapur2,827 people
- Raytala2,775 people

[All 180 villages in Kulpi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kulpi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gouripur?3,078 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gouripur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kulpi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gouripur?78.1% (Census 2011)