# Gobardhanpur Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/gobardhanpur/

Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gobardhanpur

Gobardhanpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **327 people in 86 households**, the 124th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 327people (2011)
- 86households
- 91.2%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobardhanpur

Of every 100 households in Gobardhanpur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobardhanpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**46%

Television ****20%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****28%**

**30%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Gobardhanpur?

■ Gobardhanpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.2%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**932

Working population ****46.2%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 87.7% for women. 65% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (26%) · **■** Other work 12 (8%) · **■** Marginal 68 (45%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Bajitpur371 people
- Sholpeta363 people
- Chakdebi354 people
- Kallubar343 people
- Paschim Jali305 people
- Chak Majait236 people
- Bankibheri217 people
- Chak Reja213 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobardhanpur?327 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobardhanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobardhanpur?91.2% (Census 2011)