# Gopalnagar Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Gopalnagar

Gopalnagar is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,615 people in 542 households**, the 4th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 2,615people (2011)
- 542households
- 78.9%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalnagar

Of every 100 households in Gopalnagar in 2011, 64 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**95%

Tap water ****21%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**89%

Use banking services ****72%**

**31%

Television ****40%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**29%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Gopalnagar?

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****809**

**939

Working population ****43.4%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 68.1% for women. 53% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (1%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 368 (32%) · **■** Marginal 711 (63%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Jitujori4,339 people
- Matyala3,036 people
- Bhalubasa2,789 people
- Jabla2,535 people
- Bamni2,481 people
- Chepua2,209 people
- Jharbagda2,162 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalnagar?2,615 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalnagar in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalnagar?78.9% (Census 2011)