# Gokulta Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Gokulta

Gokulta is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,417 people in 362 households**, the 74th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,417people (2011)
- 362households
- 70.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokulta

Of every 100 households in Gokulta in 2011, 14 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gokulta · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****50%**

**39%

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 Gokulta?

■ Gokulta · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**954

Working population ****31.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 68.5% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (45%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (9%) · **■** Marginal 91 (20%)

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 Sagardighi

- Khatua1,489 people
- Balarmbati1,471 people
- Ratanpur1,447 people
- Saorail1,444 people
- Chaitpur1,409 people
- Bhumihar1,400 people
- Dihibaraj1,385 people
- Ser1,351 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokulta?1,417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokulta in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokulta?70.1% (Census 2011)