# Gobra Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Gobra

Gobra is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **588 people in 130 households**, the 47th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 588people (2011)
- 130households
- 74.4%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobra

Of every 100 households in Gobra in 2011, 38 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobra · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**80%

Use banking services ****14%**

**34%

Television ****19%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****50%**

**23%

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 Gobra?

■ Gobra · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**952

Working population ****46.9%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 65.1% for women. 61% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (8%) · **■** Other work 16 (6%) · **■** Marginal 231 (84%)

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 Rajnagar

- Jahanabad603 people
- Talpukur598 people
- Bandi595 people
- Ashna590 people
- Kuralmatia583 people
- Mahishagram540 people
- Sundarkhela535 people
- Perul528 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobra?588 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobra in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobra?74.4% (Census 2011)