# Gunjaria Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gunjaria

Gunjaria is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,470 people in 870 households**, the 24th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 4,470people (2011)
- 870households
- 39.1%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gunjaria

Of every 100 households in Gunjaria in 2011, 31 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gunjaria · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****30%**

**20%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**40%

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 Gunjaria?

■ Gunjaria · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.1%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**967

Working population ****24.0%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.5% for men and 32.8% for women. 45% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 398 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 320 (30%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 251 (23%) · **■** Marginal 101 (9%)

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 Islampur

- Durgapur4,674 people
- Ramganj4,660 people
- Matikunda4,529 people
- Bhelagachhi4,528 people
- Kamlagaon4,316 people
- Manikpur3,980 people
- Iluabari3,921 people
- Panditpota3,898 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gunjaria?4,470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gunjaria in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gunjaria?39.1% (Census 2011)