# Gobra Village, Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad 

# Gobra

Gobra is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,604 people in 820 households**, the 17th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 3,604people (2011)
- 820households
- 66.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobra

Of every 100 households in Gobra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobra · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**29%

Tap water ****15%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**43%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**92%

Use banking services ****28%**

**29%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**35%

Own their home ****91%**

**92%

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 Gobra?

■ Gobra · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**961

Working population ****37.2%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 63.2% for women. 56% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 409 (31%) · **■** Household industry 46 (3%) · **■** Other work 302 (23%) · **■** Marginal 432 (32%)

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 Bhagawangola - I

- Sundarpur4,546 people
- Paschim Rampur4,099 people
- Diar Syampur3,816 people
- Balarampur3,752 people
- Lalitakuri3,413 people
- Madapur3,258 people
- Barbaria3,169 people
- Kismattatla3,045 people

[All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobra?3,604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobra in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobra?66.7% (Census 2011)