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Gopalchak Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gopalchak is a medium size village located in Deshopran Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 382 families residing. The Gopalchak village has population of 1690 of which 817 are males while 873 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gopalchak village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 11.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gopalchak village is 1069 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gopalchak as per census is 910, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gopalchak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gopalchak village was 78.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gopalchak Male literacy stands at 86.75 % while female literacy rate was 70.33 %.

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

Gopalchak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 382 - -
Population 1,690 817 873
Child (0-6) 191 100 91
Schedule Caste 188 91 97
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.19 % 86.75 % 70.33 %
Total Workers 762 487 275
Main Worker 402 - -
Marginal Worker 360 177 183

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.12 % of total population in Gopalchak village. The village Gopalchak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gopalchak village out of total population, 762 were engaged in work activities. 52.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 762 workers engaged in Main Work, 270 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.