# Gopalpur Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **414 people in 107 households**, the 145th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 414people (2011)
- 107households
- 83.5%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****69%**

**43%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**25%

Own their home ****86%**

**96%

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 · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**956

Working population ****44.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 72.1% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 175 (95%)

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 Contai - I

- Damodarpur426 people
- Chandanpur422 people
- Bara Rammaiti Bar421 people
- Adambar414 people
- Sankarkundi411 people
- Siria410 people
- Hugli407 people
- Erya Gobindapur405 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?414 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?83.5% (Census 2011)