# Gopalpur Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,020 people in 253 households**, the 62nd largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,020people (2011)
- 253households
- 63.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****62%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**963

Working population ****36.3%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 51.4% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (23%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (33%) · **■** Marginal 17 (5%)

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

- Bajedohalia1,156 people
- Dakshin Lakshminarayanpur1,152 people
- Asua1,105 people
- Manoharpur1,104 people
- Mahadevbati985 people
- Patna973 people
- Baze Gopalnagar939 people
- Uttar Lakshmi Narayanpur898 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?1,020 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?63.2% (Census 2011)