# Gokhari Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Gokhari

Gokhari is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,900 people in 378 households**, the 32nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,900people (2011)
- 378households
- 78.1%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokhari

Of every 100 households in Gokhari in 2011, 46 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gokhari · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**30%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**28%

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 Gokhari?

■ Gokhari · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**925

Working population ****33.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 73.1% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 40 (6%) · **■** Marginal 569 (90%)

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 Chandipur

- Nar2,100 people
- Neturia2,053 people
- Batnan2,014 people
- Chaknan1,961 people
- Kulapara1,894 people
- Habi Chak1,887 people
- Gobardhanpur1,826 people
- Dhanyasri1,725 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokhari?1,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokhari in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokhari?78.1% (Census 2011)