# Goalgaon Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Goalgaon

Goalgaon is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,434 people in 346 households**, the 37th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,434people (2011)
- 346households
- 59.3%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalgaon

Of every 100 households in Goalgaon in 2011, 31 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goalgaon · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**93%

Use banking services ****7%**

**18%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Goalgaon?

■ Goalgaon · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**955

Working population ****45.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.6% for men and 51.4% for women. 62% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 179 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 47 (7%) · **■** Marginal 235 (36%)

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 Kushmundi

- Ujil1,491 people
- Maligaon1,472 people
- Deulabari1,450 people
- Mahishbathan1,446 people
- Pashim Mollapara1,355 people
- Beldanga1,353 people
- Keshabpur1,350 people
- Ramchandrapur1,313 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalgaon?1,434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalgaon in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalgaon?59.3% (Census 2011)