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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gorahar

Gorahar is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,823 people in 957 households**, the 4th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 4,823people (2011)
- 957households
- 52.3%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorahar

Of every 100 households in Gorahar in 2011, 28 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gorahar · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**82%

Tap water ****13%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**16%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gorahar?

■ Gorahar · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.3%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**955

Working population ****28.0%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.7% for men and 47.5% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 555 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 582 (43%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 92 (7%) · **■** Marginal 119 (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 Itahar

- Kapasia10,159 people
- Dhulahar5,681 people
- Khesra5,617 people
- Keotal4,655 people
- Bangar4,512 people
- Barot4,394 people
- Gulandar4,105 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorahar?4,823 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorahar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gorahar?52.3% (Census 2011)