# Gopal Chak Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Gopal Chak

Gopal Chak is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **163 people in 37 households**, the 105th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 163people (2011)
- 37households
- 78.8%literacy
- 772females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopal Chak

Of every 100 households in Gopal Chak in 2011, 70 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gopal Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**19%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

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

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****60%**

**44%

Television ****27%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

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 Gopal Chak?

■ Gopal Chak · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****772**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****545**

**942

Working population ****44.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 69.2% for women. 62% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (26%) · **■** Other work 18 (25%) · **■** Marginal 7 (10%)

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 Kolaghat

- Barada Nankar407 people
- Barisha372 people
- Sridhar Basan351 people
- Bishnubar238 people
- Benia47 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopal Chak?163 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopal Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopal Chak?78.8% (Census 2011)