# Gotpota Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Gotpota

Gotpota is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,540 people in 342 households**, the 67th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,540people (2011)
- 342households
- 78.8%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gotpota

Of every 100 households in Gotpota in 2011, 66 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gotpota · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**22%

Tap water ****40%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**36%

Television ****13%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**15%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Gotpota?

■ Gotpota · ■ Panskura rural average

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

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**949

Working population ****35.7%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 66.1% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (7%) · **■** Household industry 124 (23%) · **■** Other work 141 (26%) · **■** Marginal 217 (39%)

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 Panskura

- Baidbar1,606 people
- Beraberia1,600 people
- Rajnagar1,565 people
- Dharenda1,552 people
- Kalai1,532 people
- Harinarayan Chak1,512 people
- Raniara1,500 people
- Dabuapukur1,472 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gotpota?1,540 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotpota in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gotpota?78.8% (Census 2011)