# Gedrigaon Village, Goalpokhar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gedrigaon

Gedrigaon is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,867 people in 513 households**, the 36th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 33.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 2,867people (2011)
- 513households
- 33.1%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gedrigaon

Of every 100 households in Gedrigaon in 2011, 64 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gedrigaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**37%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****3%**

**20%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gedrigaon?

■ Gedrigaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****33.1%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**950

Working population ****37.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 37.2% for men and 28.9% for women. 43% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 389 (37%) · **■** Household industry 147 (14%) · **■** Other work 73 (7%) · **■** Marginal 297 (28%)

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

- Hariano3,159 people
- Malduar2,993 people
- Bhotar2,905 people
- Jharbari2,899 people
- Ibrahimpur2,864 people
- Bara Pokhar Dubkaul2,860 people
- Chordhappa2,741 people
- Madhya Sahapur2,672 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 Gedrigaon?2,867 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gedrigaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gedrigaon?33.1% (Census 2011)