# Gobindapur Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,283 people in 620 households**, the 30th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 2,283people (2011)
- 620households
- 60.6%literacy
- 1,075females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**13%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****40%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1075**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**963

Working population ****25.8%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 53.5% for women. 48% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 372 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (27%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (6%) · **■** Marginal 18 (3%)

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 Kandi

- Sadpur2,664 people
- Chandra Prasadpur2,449 people
- Durgapur2,390 people
- Andulia2,376 people
- Gandhorbbapur2,214 people
- Marura2,208 people
- Jamna2,113 people
- Bundai2,014 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?2,283 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?60.6% (Census 2011)