# Goalsalua Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Goalsalua

Goalsalua is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,717 people in 903 households**, the 26th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 3,717people (2011)
- 903households
- 77.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalsalua

Of every 100 households in Goalsalua in 2011, 63 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Goalsalua · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**88%

Use banking services ****51%**

**42%

Television ****39%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Goalsalua?

■ Goalsalua · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**956

Working population ****32.8%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 74.0% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 228 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (11%) · **■** Household industry 59 (5%) · **■** Other work 726 (60%) · **■** Marginal 65 (5%)

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 Ranaghat - II

- Chapra4,014 people
- Balia Danga3,930 people
- Nasherkuli3,810 people
- Kusbaria3,785 people
- Kesaipur3,620 people
- Shikri3,608 people
- Purbanoapara3,542 people
- Hajrapur3,431 people

[All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalsalua?3,717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalsalua in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalsalua?77.9% (Census 2011)