# Goalgachh Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Goalgachh

Goalgachh is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,440 people in 258 households**, the 66th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,440people (2011)
- 258households
- 52.7%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalgachh

Of every 100 households in Goalgachh in 2011, 46 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goalgachh · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**62%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****8%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****70%**

**40%

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 Goalgachh?

■ Goalgachh · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**967

Working population ****29.3%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.2% for men and 39.2% for women. 45% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 126 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (36%) · **■** Other work 42 (10%) · **■** Marginal 104 (25%)

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 Islampur

- Narayanpur1,559 people
- Chhota Sapnikla1,491 people
- Sanpnikla1,469 people
- Dholigaon1,447 people
- Nondola Rokhoa1,429 people
- Tarabari1,424 people
- Gadiatol1,327 people
- Bairjhari1,184 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalgachh?1,440 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalgachh in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalgachh?52.7% (Census 2011)