# Gokul Nagar Village, Kaliganj, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliganj, Nadia 

# Gokul Nagar

Gokul Nagar is a village in Kaliganj sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,624 people in 400 households**, the 56th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,624people (2011)
- 400households
- 60.6%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokul Nagar

Of every 100 households in Gokul Nagar in 2011, 35 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gokul Nagar · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**52%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**61%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****12%**

**26%

Television ****12%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Gokul Nagar?

■ Gokul Nagar · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**65.1%

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

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1132**

**967

Working population ****32.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 56.5% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 314 (61%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 39 (8%) · **■** Marginal 55 (11%)

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 Kaliganj

- Faridpur1,747 people
- Karalia1,744 people
- Noachar1,673 people
- Naosa1,662 people
- Chak Bege1,617 people
- Kadihati1,609 people
- Bairampur1,597 people
- Tegharia1,392 people

[All 125 villages in Kaliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/kaliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokul Nagar?1,624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokul Nagar in?Nadia district (Kaliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokul Nagar?60.6% (Census 2011)