# Goalapota Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Goalapota

Goalapota is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **188 people in 43 households**, the 65th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 188people (2011)
- 43households
- 59.9%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalapota

Of every 100 households in Goalapota in 2011, 63 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 19 a car.

■ Goalapota · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**18%

Tap water ****88%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

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

**17%

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

**73%

Use banking services ****58%**

**52%

Television ****51%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****19%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****93%**

**92%

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 Goalapota?

■ Goalapota · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****400**

**969

Working population ****45.7%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 52.9% for women. 64% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (19%) · **■** Marginal 45 (52%)

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 Sonarpur

- Muragachha728 people
- Kumar Pukuria656 people
- Karimpur479 people
- Sri Krishnapur272 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalapota?188 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalapota in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalapota?59.9% (Census 2011)