# Ghirnigaon Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ghirnigaon

Ghirnigaon is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,640 people in 424 households**, the 34th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 2,640people (2011)
- 424households
- 65.9%literacy
- 634females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghirnigaon

Of every 100 households in Ghirnigaon in 2011, 6 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghirnigaon · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**64%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****46%**

**37%

Television ****7%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Ghirnigaon?

■ Ghirnigaon · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****634**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**953

Working population ****44.1%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 46.8% for women. 66% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 206 (18%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 722 (62%) · **■** Marginal 84 (7%)

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 Chopra

- Purba Ariagaon2,828 people
- Gendagachh2,803 people
- Dakshin Gorasahid2,789 people
- Bara Mircha2,700 people
- Katgaon2,611 people
- Sonapatila2,565 people
- Paschim Ariangaon2,547 people
- Dakshin Ariagaon2,480 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghirnigaon?2,640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghirnigaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghirnigaon?65.9% (Census 2011)