Gopalnagar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
By population, Gopalnagar ranks #54 of 133 villages in Illambazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopalnagar is a village of 1,231 people in 304 households (Census 2011) in Illambazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 54th-largest of 133 villages in Illambazar block. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731236, served by Sriniketan post office; the LGD village code is 318033. The sarpanch is Purnima Howladar, and the village votes in Bolpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandranath Sinha. The population is estimated at 1,451 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Illambazar →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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