# Goalpokhar Village, Goalpokhar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Goalpokhar

Goalpokhar is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,500 people in 845 households**, the 15th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 4,500people (2011)
- 845households
- 42.0%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalpokhar

Of every 100 households in Goalpokhar in 2011, 13 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goalpokhar · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**37%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****8%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Goalpokhar?

■ Goalpokhar · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.0%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**950

Working population ****27.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.8% for men and 36.3% for women. 46% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 500 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 477 (39%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 91 (8%) · **■** Marginal 141 (12%)

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

- Teliapokhar5,362 people
- Churakuti5,257 people
- Dharampur5,255 people
- Majhok4,709 people
- Raypur4,433 people
- Agoi4,308 people
- Angarbhasa4,208 people
- Chhota Patna4,186 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 Goalpokhar?4,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalpokhar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalpokhar?42.0% (Census 2011)