# Gopalnagar Village, Magrahat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gopalnagar

Gopalnagar is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,208 people in 512 households**, the 42nd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 2,208people (2011)
- 512households
- 72.6%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalnagar

Of every 100 households in Gopalnagar in 2011, 35 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**51%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****12%**

**33%

Television ****12%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****65%**

**38%

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 Gopalnagar?

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**983

Working population ****40.4%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 60.4% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (11%) · **■** Household industry 28 (3%) · **■** Other work 95 (11%) · **■** Marginal 569 (64%)

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 Magrahat - I

- Bahir Gachhi2,409 people
- Chak Debughosh2,401 people
- Paduma2,369 people
- Mahishamuri2,339 people
- Malangi Sarishapara2,182 people
- Madhya Krishnapur2,101 people
- Banspalla2,071 people
- Sankarpur2,071 people

[All 81 villages in Magrahat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalnagar?2,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalnagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalnagar?72.6% (Census 2011)