# Purba Goalgaon Village, Karandighi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Goalgaon

Purba Goalgaon is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,707 people in 300 households**, the 77th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,707people (2011)
- 300households
- 67.5%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Goalgaon

Of every 100 households in Purba Goalgaon in 2011, 32 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Goalgaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**19%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**28%

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 · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**943

Working population ****27.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 56.7% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 84 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (22%) · **■** Other work 192 (40%) · **■** Marginal 96 (20%)

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 Karandighi

- Chhota Pataul1,880 people
- Bardahi1,839 people
- Bhagdoarin1,796 people
- Malkot1,784 people
- Bhopla1,683 people
- Bihanagar1,679 people
- Duaran1,666 people
- Karandighi1,653 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Goalgaon?1,707 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Goalgaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Goalgaon?67.5% (Census 2011)