# Gauripur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gauripur

Gauripur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,121 people in 242 households**, the 97th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,121people (2011)
- 242households
- 84.9%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Gauripur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gauripur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**96%

Use banking services ****34%**

**16%

Television ****30%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**32%

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 Gauripur?

■ Gauripur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****686**

**955

Working population ****32.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 82.1% for women. 50% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (30%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 158 (43%) · **■** Marginal 54 (15%)

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 Itahar

- Mirzadighi1,158 people
- Bhadratha1,157 people
- Sripur1,152 people
- Ranipur1,127 people
- Khasra1,117 people
- Rajgram1,114 people
- Titiha1,108 people
- Marnai1,086 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gauripur?1,121 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauripur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gauripur?84.9% (Census 2011)