# Gopalnagar Village, Kakdwip – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gopalnagar

Gopalnagar is a village in Kakdwip sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,342 people in 512 households**, the 34th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 2,342people (2011)
- 512households
- 68.1%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalnagar

Of every 100 households in Gopalnagar in 2011, 13 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**39%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****7%**

**35%

Television ****2%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****68%**

**34%

Own their home ****97%**

**91%

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 Gopalnagar?

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**976

Working population ****26.6%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 60.5% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 161 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (37%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (5%) · **■** Marginal 199 (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 Kakdwip

- Hesamabad2,993 people
- Koaberia2,953 people
- Srikrishnagar2,754 people
- Uttar Kasiabad2,632 people
- Uttar Durgapur2,280 people
- Kasiabad1,994 people
- Ramchandrapur1,254 people
- Lakshmipur977 people

[All 39 villages in Kakdwip](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kakdwip/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalnagar?2,342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalnagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kakdwip sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalnagar?68.1% (Census 2011)