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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHHATILAL NUNIYA
Contact: 90****7872
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- LGD code
- 312288
- Pincode
- 732123
- Post office
- Chanchal
- Population
- 977
- Households
- 195
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 256
Census 2011 · in context
How Gopalpur compares
By population, Gopalpur ranks #64 of 92 villages in Chanchal - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.8%
+12.5% vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 60.8%
- Chanchal - II mandal
- 48.3%
- Malda district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
+29 vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 978
- Chanchal - II mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 5.0
- Chanchal - II mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopalpur at a glance
Gopalpur is a village of 977 people in 195 households (Census 2011) in Chanchal - II block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 64th-largest of 92 villages in Chanchal - II block. Literacy is 61%, 13 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 732123, served by Chanchal post office; the LGD village code is 312288. The sarpanch is CHHATILAL NUNIYA, and the village votes in Mothabari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Islam Md Najrul. The population is estimated at 1,152 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Malatipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gopalpur · this village | 977 | 61% | — |
| Chandua · Chanchal - II | 4,038 | 60% | — |
| Gangadebi · Chanchal - II | 3,568 | 60% | — |
| Parani Nagar · Chanchal - II | 2,366 | 51% | — |
| Gobindapara · Chanchal - II | 1,907 | 63% | — |
| Gaursanda · Chanchal - II | 1,648 | 47% | — |
| Kashipara · Chanchal - II | 1,548 | 68% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gopalpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 288.5
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 188.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gopalpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gopalpur
- LGD code
- 312288
- Pincode
- 732123
- Post office
- Chanchal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 977
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,152
- Households
- 195
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Maldaha Dakshin
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mothabari
- Member of Parliament
- Isha Khan Choudhury
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Islam Md Najrul
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHHATILAL NUNIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Chanchal - II
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 732123
- SingiaChanchal - I mandal12,003 pop
- HazaratpurChanchal - II mandal9,248 pop
- HatindaChanchal - I mandal6,177 pop
- JalalpurChanchal - II mandal5,600 pop
- BhakriChanchal - II mandal4,502 pop
- BairatHarischandrapur - I mandal4,412 pop
- SwarupganjChanchal - I mandal4,368 pop
- GauriaChanchal - I mandal4,236 pop
- SutiChanchal - II mandal3,970 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Gopalpur
Looking for a different Gopalpur? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Gopalpur →
- GopalpurCooch Behar - II · Cooch Behar, West Bengal18,297 pop
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- GopalpurHaroa · North 24 Parganas, West Bengal10,864 pop
- GopalpurManikchak · Malda, West Bengal9,867 pop
- GopalpurMahisadal · Purba Medinipur, West Bengal8,294 pop
- GopalpurSampatchak · Patna, Bihar7,368 pop
- GopalpurKarandighi · Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal7,109 pop
- GopalpurRaniganj · Araria, Bihar6,945 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Gopalpur
Other villages in Chanchal - II mandal
View all 60+ →- Kashimpur
- Hazaratpur
- Laliabari
- Khanpur
- Damaipur
- Goalpara
- Elangi
- Kandaran
- Jalalpur
- Shripur
- Bhakri
- Chandua
- Suti
- Gourhanda
- Gourhanda Aladipur
- Ranghat
- Ramkrishnapur
- Meghdumra
- Gangadebi
- Belungaon
- Bidyanandapur
- Janipur
- Gorakhpur
- Kapsia
- Mahammadpur
- Boalia
- Jadupur
- Baharabad
- Enayatnagar
- Kanaipur
- Sadarpur
- Sholmari
- Parani Nagar
- Jitarpur
- Chandrapara
- Choralmani
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)