# Gokulnagar Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Gokulnagar

Gokulnagar is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,608 people in 305 households**, the 19th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,608people (2011)
- 305households
- 60.7%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokulnagar

Of every 100 households in Gokulnagar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gokulnagar · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**85%

Use banking services ****12%**

**41%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gokulnagar?

■ Gokulnagar · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**957

Working population ****67.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 44.2% for women. 68% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (4%) · **■** Marginal 921 (85%)

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

- Sukurhutu1,760 people
- Banduan1,688 people
- Tuima1,666 people
- Dhadanga1,614 people
- Amrabera1,603 people
- Sarberia1,599 people
- Parsa1,596 people
- Laka1,589 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokulnagar?1,608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokulnagar in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokulnagar?60.7% (Census 2011)