# Golapara Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Golapara

Golapara is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,396 people in 301 households**, the 14th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,396people (2011)
- 301households
- 54.8%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Golapara

Of every 100 households in Golapara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Golapara · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****7%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**26%

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 Golapara?

■ Golapara · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**949

Working population ****66.1%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 39.1% for women. 65% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 149 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 239 (26%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 521 (56%)

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 - II

- Balarampur alias Khariduara1,653 people
- Boro1,565 people
- Poradi1,503 people
- Bara Mamro1,477 people
- Chaukan1,354 people
- Basantapur1,347 people
- Nalkundi1,327 people
- Kumari1,288 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Golapara?1,396 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Golapara in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Golapara?54.8% (Census 2011)