# Gopal Nagar Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Gopal Nagar

Gopal Nagar is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,624 people in 551 households**, the 16th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 2,624people (2011)
- 551households
- 69.0%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopal Nagar

Of every 100 households in Gopal Nagar in 2011, 39 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gopal Nagar · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**73%

Tap water ****22%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

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

**4%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****83%**

**62%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**12%

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 Gopal Nagar?

■ Gopal Nagar · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**951

Working population ****45.4%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 55.7% for women. 60% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 217 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 464 (39%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 111 (9%) · **■** Marginal 394 (33%)

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

- Belia3,064 people
- Jadabnagar3,030 people
- Muraliganja2,893 people
- Hetia2,757 people
- Hijaldigha2,569 people
- Rajgram2,368 people
- Bharatpur2,233 people
- Banshi2,069 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopal Nagar?2,624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopal Nagar in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopal Nagar?69.0% (Census 2011)