# Goalkunda Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Goalkunda

Goalkunda is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **876 people in 209 households**, the 62nd largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 876people (2011)
- 209households
- 73.2%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalkunda

Of every 100 households in Goalkunda in 2011, 32 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goalkunda · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**25%

Television ****12%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**58%

Own their home ****94%**

**93%

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 Goalkunda?

■ Goalkunda · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**964

Working population ****35.7%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 70.0% for women. 64% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (47%) · **■** Household industry 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 54 (17%) · **■** Marginal 78 (25%)

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 Murarai - II

- Kichai1,024 people
- Birori981 people
- Bagishpur940 people
- Mahammadpur937 people
- Goalgram568 people
- Palitpur445 people
- Majhara424 people
- Amritapur372 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalkunda?876 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalkunda in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalkunda?73.2% (Census 2011)