# Golar Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Golar

Golar is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,023 people in 399 households**, the 20th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 2,023people (2011)
- 399households
- 84.9%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Golar

Of every 100 households in Golar in 2011, 94 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Golar · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**56%

Tap water ****14%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****58%**

**58%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Golar?

■ Golar · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**960

Working population ****30.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 79.8% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 445 (72%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (10%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (13%) · **■** Marginal 27 (4%)

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 Keshpur

- Shankhapur2,243 people
- Doge Chhya2,193 people
- Tal Kunai2,131 people
- Kontai2,102 people
- Sarisha Khola1,957 people
- Kalagram1,937 people
- Bejara1,825 people
- Mejura1,770 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Golar?2,023 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Golar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Golar?84.9% (Census 2011)