# Sholpara Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sholpara

Sholpara is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,045 people in 779 households**, the 21st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 4,045people (2011)
- 779households
- 42.4%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sholpara

Of every 100 households in Sholpara in 2011, 30 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sholpara · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****11%**

**20%

Television ****14%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**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 Sholpara?

■ Sholpara · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.4%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**950

Working population ****44.4%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.7% for men and 38.0% for women. 48% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 390 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 658 (37%) · **■** Household industry 28 (2%) · **■** Other work 409 (23%) · **■** Marginal 312 (17%)

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

- Agoi4,308 people
- Angarbhasa4,208 people
- Chhota Patna4,186 people
- Babhanbari4,088 people
- Gachhinagar3,990 people
- Chapwa3,974 people
- Lodhan3,955 people
- Chapra Bakhari3,936 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 Sholpara?4,045 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sholpara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sholpara?42.4% (Census 2011)