# Gokulnagar Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Gokulnagar

Gokulnagar is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **835 people in 173 households**, the 61st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 835people (2011)
- 173households
- 74.4%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gokulnagar

Of every 100 households in Gokulnagar in 2011, 72 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gokulnagar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****1%**

**90%

Use banking services ****99%**

**39%

Television ****44%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gokulnagar?

■ Gokulnagar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1429**

**946

Working population ****40.4%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 65.7% for women. 52% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (4%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 91 (27%) · **■** Marginal 179 (53%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Chaupad861 people
- Durgu853 people
- Kashidi852 people
- Patmadi841 people
- Dulla808 people
- Olgara807 people
- Chak Kerayari780 people
- Metyala775 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gokulnagar?835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokulnagar in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gokulnagar?74.4% (Census 2011)