# Gokna Village, Baduria – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gokna

Gokna is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,545 people in 1,287 households**, the 11th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 5,545people (2011)
- 1,287households
- 75.8%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokna

Of every 100 households in Gokna in 2011, 38 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gokna · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**16%

Tap water ****13%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**35%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****38%**

**57%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**24%

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 Gokna?

■ Gokna · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**960

Working population ****38.9%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 70.9% for women. 63% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 274 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 373 (17%) · **■** Household industry 122 (6%) · **■** Other work 799 (37%) · **■** Marginal 587 (27%)

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 Baduria

- Sayestanagar7,014 people
- Katia6,450 people
- Bena5,702 people
- Ramchandrapur5,650 people
- Kankrasuti5,345 people
- Atghara5,250 people
- Gandharbbapur5,038 people
- Piyara4,957 people

[All 96 villages in Baduria](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/baduria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokna?5,545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokna in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokna?75.8% (Census 2011)