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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Goalpara

Goalpara is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **867 people in 171 households**, the 126th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 867people (2011)
- 171households
- 55.6%literacy
- 825females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goalpara

Of every 100 households in Goalpara in 2011, 18 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goalpara · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**24%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**16%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**32%

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 · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****825**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**955

Working population ****39.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 40.2% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 198 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (8%) · **■** Other work 17 (5%) · **■** Marginal 102 (30%)

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 Itahar

- Kokna886 people
- Mahinagar882 people
- Dalideul Chak881 people
- Nahanipur869 people
- Chauduar857 people
- Mohagachi833 people
- Suliapara832 people
- Osmanpur827 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goalpara?867 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalpara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goalpara?55.6% (Census 2011)