# Goai Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Goai

Goai is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,967 people in 481 households**, the 40th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,967people (2011)
- 481households
- 63.6%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goai

Of every 100 households in Goai in 2011, 40 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goai · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****74%**

**56%

Television ****29%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**14%

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 Goai?

■ Goai · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**942

Working population ****51.6%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 56.8% for women. 69% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 164 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 640 (63%) · **■** Other work 67 (7%) · **■** Marginal 144 (14%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Komdhara2,049 people
- Jarura2,041 people
- Ramnathpur2,023 people
- Sitala1,986 people
- Kamdebpur1,856 people
- Popai1,846 people
- Sankarbati1,831 people
- Kagnan1,783 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goai?1,967 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goai in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goai?63.6% (Census 2011)