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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Gopalpur

Gopalpur is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,000 people in 172 households**, the 68th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,000people (2011)
- 172households
- 80.1%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Gopalpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gopalpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**84%

Use banking services ****33%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

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 Gopalpur?

■ Gopalpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**966

Working population ****27.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 66.6% for women. 46% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 48 (18%) · **■** Marginal 115 (42%)

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

- Batikara1,086 people
- Khudibandh1,084 people
- Anai1,032 people
- Shyampur1,006 people
- Loharsol943 people
- Bhagabandh871 people
- Raghudi861 people
- Baraseni835 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalpur?1,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalpur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalpur?80.1% (Census 2011)