# Gopikantapur Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Gopikantapur

Gopikantapur is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,381 people in 550 households**, the 38th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 2,381people (2011)
- 550households
- 81.2%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopikantapur

Of every 100 households in Gopikantapur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopikantapur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**46%

Tap water ****24%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**84%

Use banking services ****24%**

**65%

Television ****27%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**982

Working population ****45.5%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 74.4% for women. 62% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 178 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 318 (29%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (3%) · **■** Marginal 551 (51%)

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 Jamalpur

- Dakshin Mohanpur2,459 people
- Reshalatpur2,433 people
- Jamdaha2,421 people
- Khanpur2,384 people
- Dattapur2,361 people
- Jargram2,354 people
- Sarangpur2,337 people
- Parbbatpur2,334 people

[All 123 villages in Jamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/jamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopikantapur?2,381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopikantapur in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopikantapur?81.2% (Census 2011)