# Goalberya Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Goalberya

Goalberya is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **864 people in 161 households**, the 28th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 864people (2011)
- 161households
- 58.1%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalberya

Of every 100 households in Goalberya in 2011, 32 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goalberya · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**86%

Tap water ****3%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**67%

Use banking services ****78%**

**52%

Television ****11%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Goalberya?

■ Goalberya · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**973

Working population ****30.4%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 46.2% for women. 53% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 55 (21%) · **■** Other work 25 (10%) · **■** Marginal 183 (70%)

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 Santuri

- Gangpur961 people
- Poradiha950 people
- Shaltora941 people
- Teashi940 people
- Mejharadi860 people
- Lediam824 people
- Kherad795 people
- Dhenkshila788 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalberya?864 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalberya in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalberya?58.1% (Census 2011)