# Gopalnagar Village, Thakurpukur Mahestola – Population

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Village · Thakurpukur Mahestola, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gopalnagar

Gopalnagar is a village in Thakurpukur Mahestola sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 286 households**, the 26th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 286households
- 78.0%literacy
- 1,052females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalnagar

Of every 100 households in Gopalnagar in 2011, 86 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Thakurpukur Mahestola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**12%

Tap water ****13%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**36%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**52%

Use banking services ****32%**

**57%

Television ****74%**

**69%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**88%

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 · ■ Thakurpukur Mahestola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**946

Working population ****36.8%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 71.5% for women. 61% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 294 (64%) · **■** Marginal 41 (9%)

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 Thakurpukur Mahestola

- Ramjibanpur1,970 people
- Bagpota1,397 people
- Sonamukhi Krishnanagar1,329 people
- Sajnaberia1,293 people
- Ramkantapur1,228 people
- Sankharipota1,128 people
- Magurkhali1,056 people
- Krishnarampur820 people

[All 33 villages in Thakurpukur Mahestola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/thakurpukur-mahestola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalnagar?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalnagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Thakurpukur Mahestola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalnagar?78.0% (Census 2011)