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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **726 people in 152 households**, the 74th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 726people (2011)
- 152households
- 78.5%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****81%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

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

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**946

Working population ****56.9%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 66.6% for women. 57% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 39 (9%) · **■** Other work 48 (12%) · **■** Marginal 203 (49%)

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

- Buribir748 people
- Uhupiri738 people
- Raidi737 people
- Chhota Phuhara731 people
- Digardi716 people
- Patradi710 people
- Kutidih706 people
- Paprahurum689 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?726 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?78.5% (Census 2011)