Gopal Chak Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gopal Chak is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 123 families residing. The Gopal Chak village has population of 637 of which 335 are males while 302 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gopal Chak village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 9.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gopal Chak village is 901 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gopal Chak as per census is 903, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gopal Chak village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gopal Chak village was 72.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gopal Chak Male literacy stands at 85.20 % while female literacy rate was 58.39 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gopal Chak village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gopal Chak village.

Gopal Chak Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	637	335	302
Child (0-6)	59	31	28
Schedule Caste	499	265	234
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.49 %	85.20 %	58.39 %
Total Workers	346	196	150
Main Worker	94	-	-
Marginal Worker	252	111	141

Caste Factor

In Gopal Chak village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.34 % of total population in Gopal Chak village. The village Gopal Chak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gopal Chak village out of total population, 346 were engaged in work activities. 27.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 346 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.