# Purbba Gopalpur Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Purbba Gopalpur

Purbba Gopalpur is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **655 people in 151 households**, the 63rd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 655people (2011)
- 151households
- 75.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Purbba Gopalpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Gopalpur · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**74%

Tap water ****72%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**36%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**38%

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 Purbba Gopalpur?

■ Purbba Gopalpur · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1195**

**930

Working population ****54.8%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 66.0% for women. 64% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (7%) · **■** Marginal 126 (35%)

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 Mekliganj

- Uttar Jamaldaha Balapukharia721 people
- Balapukhari Kharkharia716 people
- Uttar Pukurdabri711 people
- Uttar Boknabandha710 people
- Bara Panisala652 people
- Bara Kuchlibari639 people
- Dwarikkamari631 people
- Dakshin Mekliganj627 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Gopalpur?655 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Gopalpur in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Gopalpur?75.2% (Census 2011)