# Gopikanta Bar Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gopikanta Bar

Gopikanta Bar is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **434 people in 91 households**, the 121st largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 434people (2011)
- 91households
- 87.2%literacy
- 1,087females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopikanta Bar

Of every 100 households in Gopikanta Bar in 2011, 90 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopikanta Bar · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**95%

Use banking services ****66%**

**60%

Television ****46%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gopikanta Bar?

■ Gopikanta Bar · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1087**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**942

Working population ****30.4%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 82.9% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (42%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 40 (30%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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

- Mandal Bar483 people
- Bar Puri475 people
- Chitra Pur Patwa464 people
- Khamar Kusumda440 people
- Bajagere415 people
- Dakshin Kuchaipur413 people
- Radha Krishnapur410 people
- Hasim Nagar404 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopikanta Bar?434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopikanta Bar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopikanta Bar?87.2% (Census 2011)