# Dakshin Gopalpur Village, Bansihari – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Gopalpur

Dakshin Gopalpur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **820 people in 190 households**, the 62nd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 820people (2011)
- 190households
- 65.9%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Gopalpur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dakshin Gopalpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****45%**

**32%

Television ****7%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****54%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dakshin Gopalpur?

■ Dakshin Gopalpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****38.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 54.4% for women. 54% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (70%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 45 (14%) · **■** Marginal 12 (4%)

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 Bansihari

- Barakhair853 people
- Nandura841 people
- Mungarail835 people
- Gobindapur830 people
- Deogaon761 people
- Ghasipur761 people
- Uttar Amarpur753 people
- Paschim Chandipur752 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Gopalpur?820 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Gopalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Gopalpur?65.9% (Census 2011)