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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **572 people in 135 households**, the 86th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 572people (2011)
- 135households
- 69.5%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****7%**

**32%

Television ****14%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

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

**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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**68.8%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****791**

**972

Working population ****39.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 61.4% for women. 56% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 40 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (39%) · **■** Other work 37 (17%) · **■** Marginal 60 (27%)

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

- Rahimpur596 people
- Andhar Manik590 people
- Pichhala590 people
- Shisha579 people
- Kamalpur569 people
- Chenra559 people
- Haldi538 people
- Naopara534 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?69.5% (Census 2011)