About Gouripur Village

Gouripur is a mid sized village in Memari I tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,852, made up of 993 males and 859 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gouripur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gouripur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Memari I
Pincode	713146
Area (hectares)	208.1 hectares
Population	1,852
Male Population	993
Female Population	859
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gouripur compares

By the 2011 count Gouripur is the 44th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,928 residents. Its 208.1 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Gouripur

Gouripur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gouripur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gouripur from other places

Gouripur lies about 32 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Bagila, about 5.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gouripur
Nearest railway station	Bagila	5.6 km
Nearest town	Memāri	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Memari I	32 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	32 km

Villages closest to Gouripur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Memari I tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gouripur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gouripur village had a population of 1,852. That makes it the 44th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,928 residents.

Gouripur village has 993 males and 859 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gouripur has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Gouripur is 713146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gouripur covers 208.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gouripur falls under Memari I tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gouripur is Bagila, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gouripur.

Gouripur is about 32 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gouripur is in Memari I tehsil of Barddhaman district. Bagila is about 5.6 km away. Memāri is about 7.0 km away. Memari I is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.