# Gopal Pur Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gopal Pur

Gopal Pur is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,063 people in 260 households**, the 57th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,063people (2011)
- 260households
- 55.0%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopal Pur

Of every 100 households in Gopal Pur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopal Pur · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**76%

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

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**18%

Tap water ****86%**

**42%

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

**18%

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

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**73%

Use banking services ****33%**

**52%

Television ****26%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**10%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Gopal Pur?

■ Gopal Pur · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1423**

**969

Working population ****37.5%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.1% for men and 48.5% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 244 (61%) · **■** Marginal 101 (25%)

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

- Sarmastapur1,195 people
- Raghabpur1,140 people
- Jafarpur1,129 people
- Jaynagar1,081 people
- Radhaballavpur926 people
- Srirampur827 people
- Andharia759 people
- Muragachha728 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 Gopal Pur?1,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopal Pur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopal Pur?55.0% (Census 2011)