# Gachhinagar, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur – Population

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gachhinagar

Gachhinagar is a village in [Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/) sub-district of [Uttar Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **3,990 people in 749 households**, the 22nd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 3,990people (2011)
- 749households
- 42.1%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gachhinagar

Of every 100 households in Gachhinagar in 2011, 19 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gachhinagar · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****7%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gachhinagar?

■ Gachhinagar · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.1%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**950

Working population ****31.3%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.4% for men and 35.9% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 307 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 422 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 148 (12%) · **■** Marginal 364 (29%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Angarbhasa4,208 people
- Chhota Patna4,186 people
- Babhanbari4,088 people
- Sholpara4,045 people
- Chapwa3,974 people
- Lodhan3,955 people
- Chapra Bakhari3,936 people
- Dakshin Sahapur3,748 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gachhinagar?3,990 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gachhinagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gachhinagar?42.1% (Census 2011)