# Gotera Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Gotera

Gotera is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,956 people in 447 households**, the 61st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 1,956people (2011)
- 447households
- 77.7%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gotera

Of every 100 households in Gotera in 2011, 40 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gotera · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**16%

Tap water ****78%**

**19%

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

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**86%

Use banking services ****67%**

**38%

Television ****19%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**19%

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 Gotera?

■ Gotera · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**937

Working population ****36.8%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 71.5% for women. 63% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 310 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (35%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 94 (13%) · **■** Marginal 57 (8%)

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 Chakdah

- Palagachha2,120 people
- Lakhmipur2,018 people
- Jaydebbati2,005 people
- Purulia2,000 people
- Kundulia1,920 people
- Natapuli1,917 people
- Bagdob1,896 people
- Uttar Panch Pota1,893 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gotera?1,956 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotera in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gotera?77.7% (Census 2011)