# Goalpara Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Goalpara

Goalpara is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,711 people in 1,171 households**, the 6th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 5,711people (2011)
- 1,171households
- 57.5%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalpara

Of every 100 households in Goalpara in 2011, 18 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goalpara · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**16%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****52%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Goalpara?

■ Goalpara · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**953

Working population ****38.8%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 58.9% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 497 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 607 (27%) · **■** Household industry 24 (1%) · **■** Other work 213 (10%) · **■** Marginal 875 (39%)

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 - II

- Hazaratpur9,248 people
- Laliabari8,843 people
- Khanpur6,920 people
- Damaipur6,161 people
- Elangi5,704 people
- Kandaran5,634 people
- Jalalpur5,600 people
- Shripur4,968 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalpara?5,711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalpara in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalpara?57.5% (Census 2011)