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Gopalpur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gopalpur is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Gopalpur village has population of 533 of which 276 are males while 257 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gopalpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 14.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gopalpur village is 931 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gopalpur as per census is 1143, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gopalpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gopalpur village was 58.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gopalpur Male literacy stands at 64.32 % while female literacy rate was 51.15 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gopalpur 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 Gopalpur village.

Gopalpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 533 276 257
Child (0-6) 75 35 40
Schedule Caste 463 240 223
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.08 % 64.32 % 51.15 %
Total Workers 375 203 172
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 153 82 71

Caste Factor

In Gopalpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 86.87 % of total population in Gopalpur village. The village Gopalpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gopalpur village out of total population, 375 were engaged in work activities. 59.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 375 workers engaged in Main Work, 119 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.