# Gobindapur Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,323 people in 272 households**, the 55th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 1,323people (2011)
- 272households
- 65.2%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**74%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****18%**

**30%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**51%

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 · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****754**

**950

Working population ****42.0%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 57.0% for women. 51% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 339 (61%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 197 (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 Manikchak

- Bishanpur Srirampara1,477 people
- Jognigaon1,448 people
- Jitmanpur1,439 people
- Biswambhar Binodpur1,325 people
- Nazirpur Sahebdi1,266 people
- Chandpur1,261 people
- Bankipur1,028 people
- Uttar Dharampur846 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?1,323 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?65.2% (Census 2011)