# Gopalpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **522 people in 112 households**, the 108th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 522people (2011)
- 112households
- 55.9%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**75%

Use banking services ****87%**

**53%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.9%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**948

Working population ****51.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 46.0% for women. 60% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (24%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 158 (59%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Hikimband558 people
- Basudebpur555 people
- Nabagram549 people
- Jaynagar546 people
- Baghmari515 people
- Khidirpur512 people
- Methra508 people
- Kamardanga494 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?55.9% (Census 2011)