# Goalgerya Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Goalgerya

Goalgerya is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **450 people in 102 households**, the 217th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 450people (2011)
- 102households
- 85.3%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalgerya

Of every 100 households in Goalgerya in 2011, 29 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goalgerya · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**20%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**95%

Use banking services ****37%**

**50%

Television ****24%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Goalgerya?

■ Goalgerya · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1211**

**988

Working population ****66.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 79.7% for women. 65% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 68 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (21%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 159 (53%)

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 Debra

- Nandeshwar455 people
- Jot Kanu453 people
- Bishnupur451 people
- Jagannathpur451 people
- Jushua450 people
- Ananta Bar449 people
- Ajodhyapur448 people
- Chak Malta446 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalgerya?450 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalgerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalgerya?85.3% (Census 2011)