# Gamhirgachh Village, Goalpokhar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gamhirgachh

Gamhirgachh is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **970 people in 181 households**, the 98th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 970people (2011)
- 181households
- 54.4%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gamhirgachh

Of every 100 households in Gamhirgachh in 2011, 49 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gamhirgachh · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****1%**

**20%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**35%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Gamhirgachh?

■ Gamhirgachh · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.4%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**950

Working population ****43.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 41.3% for women. 51% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (16%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 60 (14%) · **■** Marginal 214 (51%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Kantigachh1,062 people
- Kichaktola1,040 people
- Chichuria1,031 people
- Chapasar1,013 people
- Dakshin Talbari911 people
- Khora911 people
- Raskora840 people
- Uttar Ghoramara826 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gamhirgachh?970 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamhirgachh in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gamhirgachh?54.4% (Census 2011)