# Purba Goalgaon Village, Kaliaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Goalgaon

Purba Goalgaon is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,977 people in 411 households**, the 28th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,977people (2011)
- 411households
- 66.1%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Goalgaon

Of every 100 households in Purba Goalgaon in 2011, 26 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Goalgaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**23%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****58%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**20%

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 Purba Goalgaon?

■ Purba Goalgaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1126**

**969

Working population ****45.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 53.6% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 594 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (13%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 46 (5%) · **■** Marginal 120 (13%)

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

- Maheshpur2,181 people
- Bheur2,130 people
- Faridpur2,070 people
- Atia1,991 people
- Anantapur1,976 people
- Bhabanipur1,964 people
- Anaun1,950 people
- Rautgaon1,870 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Goalgaon?1,977 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Goalgaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Goalgaon?66.1% (Census 2011)