# Gopalchak Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Gopalchak

Gopalchak is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,690 people in 382 households**, the 29th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,690people (2011)
- 382households
- 78.2%literacy
- 1,069females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalchak

Of every 100 households in Gopalchak in 2011, 56 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopalchak · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**9%

Tap water ****48%**

**17%

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

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****10%**

**35%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**30%

Own their home ****92%**

**94%

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 Gopalchak?

■ Gopalchak · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**949

Working population ****45.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 70.3% for women. 60% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 270 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 66 (9%) · **■** Marginal 360 (47%)

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 Deshopran

- Hinchi1,782 people
- Durgapur1,757 people
- Gobindaberabar1,754 people
- Purba Gopinathpur1,732 people
- Paschim Purushottampur1,682 people
- Raghurampur1,664 people
- Chaudhuri Bar1,659 people
- Daha Shonamui1,621 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalchak?1,690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalchak in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalchak?78.2% (Census 2011)