# Gofanagar Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gofanagar

Gofanagar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **654 people in 182 households**, the 141st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 654people (2011)
- 182households
- 72.3%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gofanagar

Of every 100 households in Gofanagar in 2011, 40 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gofanagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**75%

Tap water ****9%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****29%**

**26%

Television ****34%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Gofanagar?

■ Gofanagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**954

Working population ****52.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 63.1% for women. 64% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (56%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 61 (18%)

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 Tapan

- Nimgachhi669 people
- Guldanga663 people
- Jormail662 people
- Hazrabari657 people
- Gangarampur635 people
- Ganguria631 people
- Kamalpur623 people
- Daudpur617 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gofanagar?654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gofanagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gofanagar?72.3% (Census 2011)