# Gotgaon Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gotgaon

Gotgaon is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **648 people in 162 households**, the 126th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 648people (2011)
- 162households
- 69.3%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gotgaon

Of every 100 households in Gotgaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gotgaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****96%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**20%

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 Gotgaon?

■ Gotgaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****732**

**969

Working population ****32.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 59.0% for women. 51% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (68%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Lahanda664 people
- Gopalpur659 people
- Kathandari655 people
- Bagduar650 people
- Mujia648 people
- Gogra639 people
- Uttar Mirzapur624 people
- Daulatbati621 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gotgaon?648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotgaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gotgaon?69.3% (Census 2011)