# Gopgar, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gopgar

Gopgar is a village in [Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/) sub-district of [Paschim Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,758 people in 372 households**, the 30th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,758people (2011)
- 372households
- 76.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopgar

Of every 100 households in Gopgar in 2011, 54 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gopgar · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**68%

Tap water ****76%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**90%

Use banking services ****76%**

**32%

Television ****31%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gopgar?

■ Gopgar · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****705**

**968

Working population ****54.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 69.3% for women. 60% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (3%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 189 (20%) · **■** Marginal 656 (68%)

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

- Pachra1,813 people
- Dakshin Amchhatagolapi Chak1,808 people
- Kamalapur1,762 people
- Maharajpur1,761 people
- Madarpur1,736 people
- Bajpara1,697 people
- Delua1,672 people
- Raghunathpur1,649 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopgar?1,758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopgar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopgar?76.7% (Census 2011)