# Gakulnagar Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Gakulnagar

Gakulnagar is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **650 people in 146 households**, the 86th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 650people (2011)
- 146households
- 63.1%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gakulnagar

Of every 100 households in Gakulnagar in 2011, 38 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gakulnagar · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**73%

Tap water ****22%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**16%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**79%

Use banking services ****34%**

**62%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**12%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gakulnagar?

■ Gakulnagar · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**951

Working population ****49.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 54.0% for women. 58% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (5%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 39 (12%) · **■** Marginal 236 (73%)

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 Jaypur

- Baraaribil713 people
- Kashipur700 people
- Lokpur685 people
- Balarampur661 people
- Shukjora642 people
- Bazar641 people
- Rajganja638 people
- Gajipur627 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gakulnagar?650 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gakulnagar in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gakulnagar?63.1% (Census 2011)