# Gobindapur Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **774 people in 127 households**, the 88th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 774people (2011)
- 127households
- 71.6%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**85%

Use banking services ****82%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gobindapur?

■ Gobindapur · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**957

Working population ****61.9%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 49.5% for women. 63% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 212 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (6%) · **■** Marginal 182 (38%)

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 Barabazar

- Basudebpur813 people
- Amagara805 people
- Panjanbera793 people
- Baistamdih788 people
- Tasarbanki774 people
- Shamrola758 people
- Bhagabandh749 people
- Palma746 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gobindapur?774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?71.6% (Census 2011)