# Goalpara Village, Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Goalpara

Goalpara is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,843 people in 1,141 households**, the 4th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 4,843people (2011)
- 1,141households
- 83.5%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalpara

Of every 100 households in Goalpara in 2011, 75 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goalpara · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**40%

Tap water ****4%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****17%**

**81%

Use banking services ****53%**

**48%

Television ****51%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Goalpara?

■ Goalpara · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**954

Working population ****43.8%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 79.2% for women. 61% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1,138 (54%) · **■** Other work 416 (20%) · **■** Marginal 235 (11%)

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 Purbasthali - I

- Samudragar13,089 people
- Champahati6,694 people
- Dogachhia5,910 people
- Jalahati4,626 people
- Kobla4,117 people
- Kharashgram3,957 people
- Nadanghat3,799 people

[All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalpara?4,843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalpara in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalpara?83.5% (Census 2011)