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

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,492 people in 652 households**, the 31st largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 3,492people (2011)
- 652households
- 47.5%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****17%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Gobindapur?

■ Gobindapur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.5%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**959

Working population ****25.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.9% for men and 42.7% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 309 (34%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (4%) · **■** Marginal 340 (38%)

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 Ratua - I

- Bampal Charkhi3,946 people
- Saha Nagar3,585 people
- Alpara3,556 people
- Narottampur3,554 people
- Bakhra3,491 people
- Haripur Gopi3,300 people
- Chandipur3,259 people
- Khanpur3,173 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?3,492 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?47.5% (Census 2011)