# Purba Gopalpur Village, Falta – Population & Literacy

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Gopalpur

Purba Gopalpur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,038 people in 242 households**, the 83rd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,038people (2011)
- 242households
- 81.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Gopalpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Gopalpur in 2011, 80 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Gopalpur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****38%**

**37%

Television ****35%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**37%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Purba Gopalpur?

■ Purba Gopalpur · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**965

Working population ****38.6%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 76.5% for women. 57% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (15%) · **■** Household industry 67 (17%) · **■** Other work 113 (28%) · **■** Marginal 128 (32%)

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 Falta

- Doluipur1,111 people
- Asta1,105 people
- Guthari1,089 people
- Narayan Bere1,056 people
- Bayaria1,037 people
- Jagala Ballabhpur1,014 people
- Pakur Digra994 people
- Falta969 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Gopalpur?1,038 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Gopalpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Gopalpur?81.1% (Census 2011)