# Goalpota Village, Haroa – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Goalpota

Goalpota is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,596 people in 537 households**, the 32nd largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,596people (2011)
- 537households
- 63.7%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalpota

Of every 100 households in Goalpota in 2011, 58 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goalpota · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**32%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**94%

Use banking services ****21%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**31%

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 Goalpota?

■ Goalpota · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**947

Working population ****26.8%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.4% for men and 62.9% for women. 48% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (16%) · **■** Household industry 46 (7%) · **■** Other work 210 (30%) · **■** Marginal 166 (24%)

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 Haroa

- Chauhata2,764 people
- Pukhuria2,748 people
- Andulia2,685 people
- Akandabaria2,629 people
- Latar Bagan2,511 people
- Haroa2,399 people
- Khatra2,391 people
- Meherpur2,373 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalpota?2,596 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalpota in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalpota?63.7% (Census 2011)