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

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **404 people in 96 households**, the 94th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 404people (2011)
- 96households
- 80.4%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**8%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**925

Working population ****33.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 79.2% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (6%) · **■** Marginal 120 (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

- Gilakhali485 people
- Juktibasan473 people
- Makarajpur420 people
- Bajabaria408 people
- Buraburi Mohanchaudhuri Chak395 people
- Dharanidhar Chak386 people
- Amdabad373 people
- Machhlandapur360 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?404 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?80.4% (Census 2011)