# Gopikantapur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Gopikantapur

Gopikantapur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **693 people in 125 households**, the 86th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 693people (2011)
- 125households
- 69.0%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopikantapur

Of every 100 households in Gopikantapur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gopikantapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**75%

Use banking services ****99%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gopikantapur?

■ Gopikantapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

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

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1098**

**948

Working population ****35.6%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 58.7% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 21 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 31 (13%) · **■** Other work 47 (19%) · **■** Marginal 145 (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

- Rautara709 people
- Shyamnagar708 people
- Panchkula706 people
- Isabpur696 people
- Barachatra687 people
- Shitaljor687 people
- Rajda686 people
- Brojanathpur674 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopikantapur?693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopikantapur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopikantapur?69.0% (Census 2011)