# Goke Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Goke

Goke is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,100 people in 1,826 households**, the 1st largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 9,100people (2011)
- 1,826households
- 79.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goke

Of every 100 households in Goke in 2011, 73 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goke · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**34%

Tap water ****19%**

**31%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**75%

Use banking services ****22%**

**47%

Television ****28%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**28%

Own their home ****93%**

**83%

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 Goke?

■ Goke · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**80.6%

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

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**940

Working population ****46.1%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 73.2% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,862 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (4%) · **■** Household industry 12 (0%) · **■** Other work 564 (13%) · **■** Marginal 1,601 (38%)

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 Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Rimbick6,980 people
- Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden6,236 people
- Bijanbari5,338 people
- Tukvar Tea Garden4,791 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goke?9,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goke in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goke?79.9% (Census 2011)