# Gopalpur Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,841 people in 386 households**, the 24th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,841people (2011)
- 386households
- 84.9%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**974

Working population ****29.1%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 78.1% for women. 54% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 118 (22%) · **■** Marginal 407 (76%)

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 Sutahata

- Parbbatipur1,931 people
- Anar Nagar1,928 people
- Akubpur1,917 people
- Shridharpur1,890 people
- Dundipur1,823 people
- Tajnagar1,813 people
- Bijayrampur1,727 people
- Babupur1,676 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?1,841 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?84.9% (Census 2011)