Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya
# Golbera

Golbera is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,634 people in 273 households, the 29th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.
- 1,634 people (2011)
- 273 households
- 63.7% literacy
- 927 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Golbera

Of every 100 households in Golbera in 2011, 38 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Golbera · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 38% 31%
- Toilet within the home 4% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 92%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 11% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 84%
- Use banking services 15% 44%
- Television 10% 16%
- Mobile phone 29% 32%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 24% 22%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Golbera?

■ Golbera · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 63.7% 64.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 927 943
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 855 934
- Working population 45.6% 41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 48.1% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 106 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 199 (27%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 34 (5%) · ■ Marginal 402 (54%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purulia - I
- Pandrama 1,838 people
- Jeledi 1,784 people
- Salikakumarda 1,784 people
- Chipida 1,716 people
- Pichasi 1,614 people
- Kukurgarya 1,533 people
- Banshra 1,457 people
- Hulka 1,447 people

All 114 villages in Purulia - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Golbera? 1,634 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Golbera in? Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Golbera? 63.7% (Census 2011)

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