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

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Gotu

Gotu is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,021 people in 996 households**, the 9th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 4,021people (2011)
- 996households
- 70.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gotu

Of every 100 households in Gotu in 2011, 52 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gotu · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**58%

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

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**21%

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

**8%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****34%**

**56%

Television ****31%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gotu?

■ Gotu · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**942

Working population ****45.5%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 63.1% for women. 65% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 233 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 953 (52%) · **■** Household industry 26 (1%) · **■** Other work 313 (17%) · **■** Marginal 304 (17%)

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

- Kashwara4,608 people
- Puinan4,449 people
- Patna Bhairabpur4,404 people
- Harit4,270 people
- Goswami Malipara3,703 people
- Sudarsan3,637 people
- Bhatua3,505 people
- Badinan2,949 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gotu?4,021 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotu in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gotu?70.0% (Census 2011)