# Gobindapur Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,420 people in 312 households**, the 58th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,420people (2011)
- 312households
- 89.6%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**49%

Tap water ****63%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****9%**

**37%

Television ****9%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gobindapur?

■ Gobindapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**959

Working population ****32.0%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 86.2% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 262 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (4%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 45 (10%) · **■** Marginal 124 (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 Ghatal

- Amarpur Raghunathpur1,583 people
- Jaykunda1,571 people
- Kismatkotalpur1,551 people
- Chauka1,495 people
- Kismaidirghalgram1,384 people
- Gangaprasad1,382 people
- Barnabin1,365 people
- Dontiara1,312 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?1,420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?89.6% (Census 2011)