# Gopalpur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **429 people in 101 households**, the 184th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 429people (2011)
- 101households
- 77.3%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 94 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**65%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**41%

Television ****40%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**26%

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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**965

Working population ****43.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 67.4% for women. 63% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (25%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 16 (9%) · **■** Marginal 44 (24%)

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 Balurghat

- Tulsipur434 people
- Paschim Mustafapur433 people
- Paschim Krishnapur432 people
- Purba Chakbhikan431 people
- Hatiapara428 people
- Paschim Chakismail428 people
- Begunbari420 people
- Bhulkipur420 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?429 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?77.3% (Census 2011)