# Gobindapur Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **438 people in 83 households**, the 77th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 438people (2011)
- 83households
- 78.5%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**97%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**89%

Use banking services ****29%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Gobindapur?

■ Gobindapur · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**939

Working population ****43.4%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 69.4% for women. 52% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 54 (28%) · **■** Marginal 58 (31%)

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 Balarampur

- Deuli531 people
- Benryadi529 people
- Murugora529 people
- Detya501 people
- Baikunthapur Alias Samurdi368 people
- Moraidih350 people
- Arahansa313 people
- Bhaluka303 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?78.5% (Census 2011)