# Goalchandpur Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Goalchandpur

Goalchandpur is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,277 people in 501 households**, the 63rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 2,277people (2011)
- 501households
- 59.7%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalchandpur

Of every 100 households in Goalchandpur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goalchandpur · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**42%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**63%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****13%**

**23%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**39%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Goalchandpur?

■ Goalchandpur · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**968

Working population ****26.0%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 59.6% for women. 48% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 199 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 349 (59%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 18 (3%)

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 Nakashipara

- Sonadanga2,409 people
- Gopalpur2,400 people
- Malumgachha2,358 people
- Sali2,349 people
- Kasiadanga2,209 people
- Madandanga2,201 people
- Chaumoha2,123 people
- Chhota Simulia2,050 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalchandpur?2,277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalchandpur in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalchandpur?59.7% (Census 2011)