# Gokarna Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Gokarna

Gokarna is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **16,198 people in 3,720 households**, the 2nd largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 16,198people (2011)
- 3,720households
- 66.2%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokarna

Of every 100 households in Gokarna in 2011, 51 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gokarna · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**78%

Tap water ****54%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**92%

Use banking services ****45%**

**42%

Television ****33%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gokarna?

■ Gokarna · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**963

Working population ****31.7%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 60.4% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,580 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,281 (25%) · **■** Household industry 205 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,407 (27%) · **■** Marginal 656 (13%)

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

- Mahalandi16,354 people
- Hijal11,480 people
- Jasohari9,003 people
- Kumar Sanda8,320 people
- Nabagram6,905 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokarna?16,198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokarna in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokarna?66.2% (Census 2011)