# Gopalnagar Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Gopalnagar

Gopalnagar is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,512 people in 395 households**, the 49th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,512people (2011)
- 395households
- 66.6%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalnagar

Of every 100 households in Gopalnagar in 2011, 11 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**13%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**42%

Television ****11%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gopalnagar?

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****716**

**963

Working population ****29.4%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 59.3% for women. 56% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 278 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (5%) · **■** Marginal 117 (26%)

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

- Tentulia1,703 people
- Bhtpara Palasi1,637 people
- Lakshmikantapur1,602 people
- Rudrabati1,548 people
- Laharpara1,509 people
- Bhatpara1,475 people
- Ugura1,460 people
- Bhabanandapur1,402 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalnagar?1,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalnagar in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalnagar?66.6% (Census 2011)