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

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Gomutha

Gomutha is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,146 people in 457 households**, the 27th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 2,146people (2011)
- 457households
- 86.0%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gomutha

Of every 100 households in Gomutha in 2011, 28 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gomutha · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**8%

Tap water ****5%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****43%**

**30%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gomutha?

■ Gomutha · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**925

Working population ****38.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 81.3% for women. 60% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (26%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 129 (16%) · **■** Marginal 318 (39%)

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

- Patna2,404 people
- Chandipur2,343 people
- Kulup2,297 people
- Pairachali2,285 people
- Nar2,100 people
- Neturia2,053 people
- Batnan2,014 people
- Chaknan1,961 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gomutha?2,146 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gomutha in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gomutha?86.0% (Census 2011)