# Goai Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Goai

Goai is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,293 people in 294 households**, the 76th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,293people (2011)
- 294households
- 56.9%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goai

Of every 100 households in Goai in 2011, 9 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goai · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**82%

Tap water ****22%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**27%

Television ****2%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**53%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Goai?

■ Goai · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.9%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**960

Working population ****29.8%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.4% for men and 50.8% for women. 55% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 280 (73%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (25%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 5 (1%)

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 Khargram

- Desalpur1,387 people
- Dakshin Raypur1,381 people
- Atgharia1,332 people
- Dangapara1,303 people
- Podda1,273 people
- Kandra1,258 people
- Churigram1,238 people
- Sundarpur1,235 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goai?1,293 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goai in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goai?56.9% (Census 2011)