# Goalpara Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Goalpara

Goalpara is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **793 people in 188 households**, the 69th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 793people (2011)
- 188households
- 68.5%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalpara

Of every 100 households in Goalpara in 2011, 35 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goalpara · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****6%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Goalpara?

■ Goalpara · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**955

Working population ****47.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 68.7% for women. 57% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 83 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (8%) · **■** Marginal 152 (40%)

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 Hemtabad

- Ramnathpara855 people
- Bolkundi836 people
- Santara829 people
- Kamalpur828 people
- Kashiya793 people
- Manikpara786 people
- Garura773 people
- Makarhat755 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalpara?793 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalpara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalpara?68.5% (Census 2011)