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Gopikantapur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Gopikantapur is a medium size village located in Dhaniakhali Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 430 families residing. The Gopikantapur village has population of 1968 of which 991 are males while 977 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gopikantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 10.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gopikantapur village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gopikantapur as per census is 1161, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gopikantapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gopikantapur village was 80.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gopikantapur Male literacy stands at 86.53 % while female literacy rate was 74.45 %.

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

Gopikantapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 430 - -
Population 1,968 991 977
Child (0-6) 201 93 108
Schedule Caste 230 120 110
Schedule Tribe 402 200 202
Literacy 80.59 % 86.53 % 74.45 %
Total Workers 881 670 211
Main Worker 779 - -
Marginal Worker 102 51 51

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 20.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.69 % of total population in Gopikantapur village.

Work Profile

In Gopikantapur village out of total population, 881 were engaged in work activities. 88.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 881 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 346 were Agricultural labourer.