# Godagari Village, Jalangi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Jalangi, Murshidabad 

# Godagari

Godagari is a village in Jalangi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,061 people in 1,469 households**, the 15th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 6,061people (2011)
- 1,469households
- 67.9%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Godagari

Of every 100 households in Godagari in 2011, 28 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Godagari · ■ Jalangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**40%

Tap water ****20%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**47%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****56%**

**50%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Godagari?

■ Godagari · ■ Jalangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**969

Working population ****35.6%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 63.3% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 453 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,064 (49%) · **■** Household industry 112 (5%) · **■** Other work 211 (10%) · **■** Marginal 318 (15%)

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 Jalangi

- Tikar Bariakalkihara7,433 people
- Dhanirampur6,851 people
- Ghanashyam Chak6,814 people
- Bilaspur Nachharerpara6,112 people
- Narsingpur4,939 people
- Sadikhanr Diar4,531 people
- Sahebnagar4,376 people
- Nandalalpur3,890 people

[All 53 villages in Jalangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/jalangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Godagari?6,061 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Godagari in?Murshidabad district (Jalangi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Godagari?67.9% (Census 2011)