# Goaldaha Village, Minakhan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Goaldaha

Goaldaha is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,345 people in 466 households**, the 37th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,345people (2011)
- 466households
- 62.8%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goaldaha

Of every 100 households in Goaldaha in 2011, 18 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goaldaha · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**14%

Tap water ****60%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**29%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**44%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Goaldaha?

■ Goaldaha · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**961

Working population ****29.9%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.0% for men and 59.5% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 68 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 293 (42%) · **■** Household industry 31 (4%) · **■** Other work 231 (33%) · **■** Marginal 77 (11%)

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 Minakhan

- Padmapukuria2,431 people
- Tentultala2,418 people
- Niruli Abad2,372 people
- Uttar Akratala2,368 people
- Chutkia Radhanagar2,213 people
- Phulbari Abad2,206 people
- Madari2,149 people
- Behari2,116 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goaldaha?2,345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goaldaha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goaldaha?62.8% (Census 2011)