# Gopal Chak Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Gopal Chak

Gopal Chak is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **637 people in 123 households**, the 107th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 637people (2011)
- 123households
- 72.5%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopal Chak

Of every 100 households in Gopal Chak in 2011, 39 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gopal Chak · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**91%

Tap water ****98%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****61%**

**50%

Television ****38%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gopal Chak?

■ Gopal Chak · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**937

Working population ****54.3%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 58.4% for women. 59% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 88 (25%) · **■** Marginal 252 (73%)

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 Kashipur

- Barmagura Alias Sialdanga651 people
- Lari642 people
- Chhelia640 people
- Belyadanga638 people
- Namo Panchmahuli636 people
- Malancha634 people
- Majuramura618 people
- Baykara615 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopal Chak?637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopal Chak in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopal Chak?72.5% (Census 2011)