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

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Uttar Goalpara

Uttar Goalpara is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,505 people in 306 households**, the 99th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,505people (2011)
- 306households
- 46.1%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Goalpara

Of every 100 households in Uttar Goalpara in 2011, 34 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Goalpara · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****36%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Uttar Goalpara?

■ Uttar Goalpara · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.1%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**939

Working population ****33.8%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.3% for men and 41.8% for women. 50% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 305 (60%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 30 (6%) · **■** Marginal 54 (11%)

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

- Ghagra1,578 people
- Paschim Goalgaon1,574 people
- Ital1,535 people
- Tenra1,522 people
- Deogan1,502 people
- Bindol1,486 people
- Mahespur1,485 people
- Makdampur1,466 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Goalpara?1,505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Goalpara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Goalpara?46.1% (Census 2011)