# Gopikantapur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Gopikantapur

Gopikantapur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,968 people in 430 households**, the 46th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,968people (2011)
- 430households
- 80.6%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopikantapur

Of every 100 households in Gopikantapur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopikantapur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**52%

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

**50%

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

**48%

Tap water ****4%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****23%**

**58%

Television ****23%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Gopikantapur?

■ Gopikantapur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1161**

**962

Working population ****44.8%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 74.5% for women. 68% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 346 (39%) · **■** Household industry 120 (14%) · **■** Other work 143 (16%) · **■** Marginal 102 (12%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Lokabati2,035 people
- Nalitajol2,034 people
- Melki Kutubpur2,008 people
- Bagnan1,986 people
- Gurbari1,898 people
- Deulpara1,835 people
- Uttar Abhirampur1,779 people
- Durga Prasad1,755 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopikantapur?1,968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopikantapur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopikantapur?80.6% (Census 2011)