# Gopalnagar Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gopalnagar

Gopalnagar is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,174 people in 530 households**, the 68th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,174people (2011)
- 530households
- 85.5%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalnagar

Of every 100 households in Gopalnagar in 2011, 84 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**78%

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

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**92%

Use banking services ****74%**

**38%

Television ****66%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gopalnagar?

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**962

Working population ****39.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 80.8% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (4%) · **■** Household industry 54 (6%) · **■** Other work 633 (74%) · **■** Marginal 111 (13%)

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 Bongaon

- Barddhan Beria2,311 people
- Chamta2,267 people
- Damdama2,264 people
- Harishpur2,183 people
- Kamalapur2,102 people
- Panpara2,087 people
- Pirozpur1,992 people
- Shutia1,909 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalnagar?2,174 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalnagar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalnagar?85.5% (Census 2011)