# Gopalpur Village, Baghmara-Cum-Katras, Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

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Village · Baghmara-Cum-Katras, Dhanbad 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Baghmara-Cum-Katras sub-district of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,064 people in 218 households**, the 86th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,064people (2011)
- 218households
- 81.0%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Gopalpur PIN code and other codes

Gopalpur falls in Baghmara-Cum-Katras sub-district, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatNichitpur
- Community development blockBaghmara-Cum-Katras
- Census village code361517

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gopalpur from nearby towns?

- Baghmara (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Dhanbad (district HQ)25 km by road
- Dhanbad (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gopalpur?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Gopalpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Katras
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Katras
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gopalpur known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 55% of the 40 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 91 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Baghmara-Cum-Katras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**80%

Tap water ****90%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**26%

Use banking services ****51%**

**66%

Television ****59%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**15%

Own their home ****88%**

**82%

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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Baghmara-Cum-Katras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**929

Working population ****27.1%**

**29.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 75.1% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 265 (92%) · **■** Marginal 14 (5%)

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 Baghmara-Cum-Katras

- Olidi1,126 people
- Tilatanr1,119 people
- Jamuatanr1,085 people
- Udalbani1,074 people
- Bhuian Paharpur1,050 people
- Debagram1,039 people
- Jamuatanr1,034 people
- Patrakuli1,013 people

[All 192 villages in Baghmara-Cum-Katras](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dhanbad/baghmara-cum-katras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gopalpur from Dhanbad?25 km by road
- What is the population of Gopalpur?1,064 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Dhanbad district (Baghmara-Cum-Katras sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?81.0% (Census 2011)
