# Gaodhuakalang Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gaodhuakalang

Gaodhuakalang is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,555 people in 273 households**, the 56th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 1,555people (2011)
- 273households
- 67.2%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaodhuakalang

Of every 100 households in Gaodhuakalang in 2011, 25 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaodhuakalang · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**64%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****70%**

**37%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Gaodhuakalang?

■ Gaodhuakalang · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**953

Working population ****28.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 60.0% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 204 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (29%) · **■** Other work 97 (22%) · **■** Marginal 14 (3%)

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 Chopra

- Dakshin Bhagalpur1,648 people
- Thuthipakar1,648 people
- Ariagaon1,627 people
- Uttar Kundalpokhar1,613 people
- Purba Mokarandapur1,494 people
- Uttar Jibhakata1,476 people
- Pawakhali1,458 people
- Pitramgachh1,408 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaodhuakalang?1,555 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaodhuakalang in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaodhuakalang?67.2% (Census 2011)