# Goaldanga Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Goaldanga

Goaldanga is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,135 people in 245 households**, the 47th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,135people (2011)
- 245households
- 67.3%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goaldanga

Of every 100 households in Goaldanga in 2011, 64 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goaldanga · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**18%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**90%

Use banking services ****48%**

**32%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**25%

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 Goaldanga?

■ Goaldanga · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1094**

**968

Working population ****38.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 55.0% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 71 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 261 (60%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 90 (21%)

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 Midnapore

- Lohatikri1,215 people
- Bishripat1,188 people
- Kakhua1,168 people
- Harishpur1,159 people
- Ghurachak1,120 people
- Juarhati1,102 people
- Nepura1,044 people
- Bhaluk Khulya1,034 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goaldanga?1,135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goaldanga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goaldanga?67.3% (Census 2011)