# Golamara Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Golamara

Golamara is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,954 people in 555 households**, the 10th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,954people (2011)
- 555households
- 71.8%literacy
- 1,054females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Golamara

Of every 100 households in Golamara in 2011, 36 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Golamara · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**84%

Use banking services ****38%**

**41%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Golamara?

■ Golamara · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1054**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**966

Working population ****35.3%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 58.3% for women. 55% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 270 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (15%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 135 (13%) · **■** Marginal 466 (45%)

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 Purulia - II

- Mahara3,367 people
- Malthol3,289 people
- Baghra3,221 people
- Palanja3,142 people
- Bhangra2,824 people
- Chainpur2,785 people
- Belma2,773 people
- Naudiha2,765 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Golamara?2,954 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Golamara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Golamara?71.8% (Census 2011)