# Gobindapur Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) (2)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **690 people in 155 households**, the 45th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 690people (2011)
- 155households
- 85.4%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**51%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****95%**

**99%

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 Gobindapur?

■ Gobindapur · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**973

Working population ****61.4%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 79.4% for women. 60% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (7%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 32 (8%) · **■** Marginal 217 (51%)

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 Sankrail

- Birdahi706 people
- Chhatri704 people
- Palaidanga693 people
- Baburbani692 people
- Harekrishnapur678 people
- Bidyadharpur675 people
- Kubda675 people
- Barada674 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?85.4% (Census 2011)