# Goaldaha Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Goaldaha

Goaldaha is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,019 people in 219 households**, the 145th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,019people (2011)
- 219households
- 43.8%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goaldaha

Of every 100 households in Goaldaha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goaldaha · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****3%**

**24%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**21%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Goaldaha?

■ Goaldaha · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.8%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**939

Working population ****47.4%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.6% for men and 31.8% for women. 57% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 63 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (32%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 262 (54%)

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 Raiganj

- Khoksa1,036 people
- Parial1,034 people
- Mirual1,032 people
- Bhupalpur1,026 people
- Chhatian1,009 people
- Sankarpur955 people
- Parar Pukhar948 people
- Maria944 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goaldaha?1,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goaldaha in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goaldaha?43.8% (Census 2011)