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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gopalnagar

Gopalnagar is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 273 households**, the 84th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 273households
- 54.5%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gopalnagar

Of every 100 households in Gopalnagar in 2011, 47 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**16%

Television ****17%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gopalnagar?

■ Gopalnagar · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**955

Working population ****61.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.4% for men and 51.6% for women. 64% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (25%) · **■** Household industry 44 (6%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 430 (57%)

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

- Bajitpur1,311 people
- Lalganj1,286 people
- Algram1,282 people
- Betor1,237 people
- Bidhibari1,228 people
- Bagduma1,209 people
- Abhinagar1,208 people
- Hematpur1,185 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gopalnagar?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gopalnagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gopalnagar?54.5% (Census 2011)