# Goyespur Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Goyespur

Goyespur is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **639 people in 138 households**, the 55th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 639people (2011)
- 138households
- 63.3%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goyespur

Of every 100 households in Goyespur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Goyespur · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****9%**

**36%

Television ****7%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**32%

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 Goyespur?

■ Goyespur · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**966

Working population ****56.7%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 56.6% for women. 61% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 224 (62%)

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 Hilli

- Ismailpur661 people
- Fajullapur651 people
- Baigram640 people
- Chaksubid640 people
- Salash638 people
- Jantipur615 people
- Basanta588 people
- Uttar Jamalpur584 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goyespur?639 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goyespur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goyespur?63.3% (Census 2011)