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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANDHYA MAL
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- LGD code
- 317399
- Pincode
- 731201
- Post office
- Ahmadpur
- Population
- 289
- Households
- 64
- Literacy rate
- 79.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1050 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 105
Census 2011 · in context
How Gopikantapur compares
By population, Gopikantapur ranks #176 of 230 villages in Sainthia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.6%
+16.1% vs mandal average
- Gopikantapur
- 79.6%
- Sainthia mandal
- 63.5%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,050
+100 vs mandal average
- Gopikantapur
- 1,050
- Sainthia mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Gopikantapur
- 4.5
- Sainthia mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopikantapur at a glance
Gopikantapur is a village of 289 people in 64 households (Census 2011) in Sainthia block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 176th-largest of 230 villages in Sainthia block. Literacy is 80%, 16 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,050 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731201, served by Ahmadpur post office; the LGD village code is 317399. The sarpanch is SANDHYA MAL, and the village votes in Labpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Debasis Ojha (Haku Da). The population is estimated at 341 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sreenidhipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gopikantapur · this village | 289 | 80% | — |
| Purba Siur · Sainthia | 1,477 | 71% | — |
| Kaluraypur · Sainthia | 1,240 | 74% | — |
| Goraipur · Sainthia | 961 | 54% | — |
| Konarpur · Sainthia | 958 | 75% | — |
| Babuia · Sainthia | 684 | 78% | — |
| Khanerpara · Sainthia | 683 | 65% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gopikantapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 60.72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 58.68
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gopikantapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gopikantapur
- LGD code
- 317399
- Pincode
- 731201
- Post office
- Ahmadpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 289
- Population (projected 2026)
- 341
- Households
- 64
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1050
- Literacy rate
- 79.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Labpur
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Debasis Ojha (Haku Da)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANDHYA MAL
- Block / Mandal
- Sainthia
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)