# Gobindapur Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,678 people in 428 households**, the 26th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,678people (2011)
- 428households
- 68.1%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**25%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gobindapur?

■ Gobindapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**951

Working population ****55.7%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 59.7% for women. 63% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 515 (55%) · **■** Household industry 97 (10%) · **■** Other work 22 (2%) · **■** Marginal 123 (13%)

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 Kumarganj

- Tulat1,762 people
- Saidpur1,740 people
- Nabagram1,726 people
- Paikpara1,712 people
- Radhanagar1,614 people
- Sitahar1,537 people
- Chural Krishnapur1,521 people
- Barait1,424 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?1,678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?68.1% (Census 2011)