# Gokul Chak Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gokul Chak

Gokul Chak is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,153 people in 330 households**, the 47th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,153people (2011)
- 330households
- 93.7%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokul Chak

Of every 100 households in Gokul Chak in 2011, 27 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gokul Chak · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**32%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

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

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****92%**

**60%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gokul Chak?

■ Gokul Chak · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.7%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1269**

**942

Working population ****63.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 90.1% for women. 74% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 129 (18%) · **■** Marginal 421 (58%)

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 Pingla

- Makarda1,282 people
- Harma1,275 people
- Ghoramara1,259 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Madhya Bar1,247 people
- Belar1,152 people
- Podima1,122 people
- Baliswarpur1,102 people
- Belun1,099 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokul Chak?1,153 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokul Chak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokul Chak?93.7% (Census 2011)