# Gokul Nagar Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gokul Nagar

Gokul Nagar is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,213 people in 1,396 households**, the 5th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 7,213people (2011)
- 1,396households
- 85.7%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokul Nagar

Of every 100 households in Gokul Nagar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gokul Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**31%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**32%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Gokul Nagar?

■ Gokul Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**922

Working population ****32.5%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 79.8% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 303 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 303 (13%) · **■** Household industry 37 (2%) · **■** Other work 457 (19%) · **■** Marginal 1,245 (53%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Kalicharanpur9,257 people
- Samsabad8,249 people
- Kenda Mari Jalpai7,604 people
- Jalpai Part-VII7,369 people
- Mahammadpur6,322 people
- Daudpur6,132 people
- Sona Chura5,736 people
- Amgechhya5,333 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokul Nagar?7,213 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokul Nagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokul Nagar?85.7% (Census 2011)