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Gouripur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Gouripur is a medium size village located in Memari - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 467 families residing. The Gouripur village has population of 1852 of which 993 are males while 859 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gouripur village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 7.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gouripur village is 865 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gouripur as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gouripur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gouripur village was 82.28 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gouripur Male literacy stands at 87.16 % while female literacy rate was 76.61 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gouripur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gouripur village.

Gouripur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 467 - -
Population 1,852 993 859
Child (0-6) 142 74 68
Schedule Caste 568 303 265
Schedule Tribe 243 134 109
Literacy 82.28 % 87.16 % 76.61 %
Total Workers 814 636 178
Main Worker 477 - -
Marginal Worker 337 228 109

Caste Factor

Gouripur village of Barddhaman has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.67 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.12 % of total population in Gouripur village.

Work Profile

In Gouripur village out of total population, 814 were engaged in work activities. 58.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 814 workers engaged in Main Work, 232 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 113 were Agricultural labourer.