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

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Goalmal

Goalmal is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,705 people in 859 households**, the 18th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 3,705people (2011)
- 859households
- 63.9%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalmal

Of every 100 households in Goalmal in 2011, 9 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goalmal · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**25%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****61%**

**58%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Goalmal?

■ Goalmal · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**964

Working population ****41.5%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 56.6% for women. 57% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 92 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 607 (39%) · **■** Household industry 113 (7%) · **■** Other work 120 (8%) · **■** Marginal 606 (39%)

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

- Kutubpur4,108 people
- Danghara4,070 people
- Bonha3,977 people
- Kalahapur3,829 people
- Bipra Nandigram3,659 people
- Narottampur3,594 people
- Bilaspur3,583 people
- Jogai3,502 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalmal?3,705 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalmal in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalmal?63.9% (Census 2011)