Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur
# Gidrugachh

Gidrugachh is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,144 people in 218 households, the 92nd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.
- 1,144 people (2011)
- 218 households
- 41.1% literacy
- 956 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gidrugachh

Of every 100 households in Gidrugachh in 2011, 46 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gidrugachh · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 46% 29%
- Toilet within the home 11% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 89% 87%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 82% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 5% 20%
- Television 9% 8%
- Mobile phone 21% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 50% 35%
- Own their home 84% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gidrugachh?

■ Gidrugachh · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 41.1% 41.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 956 919
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 955 950
- Working population 36.6% 31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.4% for men and 34.6% for women. 47% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 35 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 123 (29%) · ■ Household industry 12 (3%) · ■ Other work 105 (25%) · ■ Marginal 144 (34%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Goalpokhar - I
- Siripur 1,204 people
- Nargun 1,195 people
- Kanhaiabari 1,168 people
- Mahisasur 1,147 people
- Dehar 1,069 people
- Kantigachh 1,062 people
- Kichaktola 1,040 people
- Chichuria 1,031 people

All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Gidrugachh? 1,144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gidrugachh in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gidrugachh? 41.1% (Census 2011)

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