Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur
# Gopal Nagar

Gopal Nagar is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,860 people in 387 households, the 53rd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.
- 1,860 people (2011)
- 387 households
- 80.3% literacy
- 923 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopal Nagar

Of every 100 households in Gopal Nagar in 2011, 46 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopal Nagar · ■ Kolaghat rural average
- Electricity for lighting 46% 61%
- Toilet within the home 85% 76%
- No toilet (open defecation) 2% 19%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 7%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 93% 90%
- Use banking services 37% 44%
- Television 29% 31%
- Mobile phone 47% 50%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 16% 17%
- Own their home 95% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gopal Nagar?

■ Gopal Nagar · ■ Kolaghat rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.3% 84.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 923 928
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 918 942
- Working population 44.0% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 74.0% for women. 62% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 81 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 170 (21%) · ■ Household industry 105 (13%) · ■ Other work 141 (17%) · ■ Marginal 322 (39%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kolaghat
- Kanai Chak 1,964 people
- Kunarhat 1,933 people
- Dhuliara 1,899 people
- Kayadangi 1,874 people
- Nijkhayra 1,829 people
- Baishnab Chak 1,760 people
- Sarada Basan 1,666 people
- Patharia 1,665 people

All 109 villages in Kolaghat

## Other places named Gopal Nagar
- Gopalnagar · Village, Singur, Hugli · 12,232 people
- Gopal Nagar · Village, Bairia, Ballia · 8,182 people
- Gopal Nagar · Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur · 5,333 people
- Gopal Nagar · Village, Hojai, Nagaon · 5,310 people
- Gopal Nagar · Village, Indus, Bankura · 3,440 people
- Gopalnagar · Village, Burdwan - II, Barddhaman · 2,834 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Gopal Nagar? 1,860 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopal Nagar in? Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopal Nagar? 80.3% (Census 2011)

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