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Gopalnagar Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Gopalnagar is a medium size village located in Thakurpukur Mahestola Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 286 families residing. The Gopalnagar village has population of 1256 of which 612 are males while 644 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gopalnagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 10.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gopalnagar village is 1052 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gopalnagar as per census is 943, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gopalnagar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gopalnagar village was 78.04 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gopalnagar Male literacy stands at 85.06 % while female literacy rate was 71.45 %.

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

Gopalnagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,256 612 644
Child (0-6) 136 70 66
Schedule Caste 818 406 412
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.04 % 85.06 % 71.45 %
Total Workers 462 375 87
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 41 14 27

Caste Factor

In Gopalnagar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.13 % of total population in Gopalnagar village. The village Gopalnagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gopalnagar village out of total population, 462 were engaged in work activities. 91.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 462 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.