# Gobindapur Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **855 people in 206 households**, the 74th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 855people (2011)
- 206households
- 61.5%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****18%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**34%

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 Gobindapur?

■ Gobindapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**944

Working population ****46.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 58.4% for women. 59% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (36%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 191 (48%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Alihanda960 people
- Paikpara957 people
- Narasinhapur936 people
- Nonator915 people
- Baratar757 people
- Bagchara755 people
- Dakshin Basantapur736 people
- Jamgachhi736 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?855 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?61.5% (Census 2011)