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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MRITTIKA BISWAS
Contact: 98****7634
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- LGD code
- 321834
- Pincode
- 741151
- Post office
- Dhakshinpara
- Population
- 211
- Households
- 55
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 1049 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 61
Census 2011 · in context
How Gopalpur compares
By population, Gopalpur ranks #75 of 78 villages in Hanskhali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
−7.0% vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 64.0%
- Hanskhali mandal
- 71.0%
- Nadia district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,049
+122 vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 1,049
- Hanskhali mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 3.8
- Hanskhali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopalpur at a glance
Gopalpur is a village of 211 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Hanskhali block, Nadia district, West Bengal, the 75th-largest of 78 villages in Hanskhali block. Literacy is 64%, 7 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,049 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 741151, served by Dhakshinpara post office; the LGD village code is 321834. The sarpanch is MRITTIKA BISWAS, and the village votes in Ranaghat Uttar Paschim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Partha Sarathi Chatterjee(Babu). The population is estimated at 249 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 49.74
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 44
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gopalpur
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Key facts — Gopalpur
- LGD code
- 321834
- Pincode
- 741151
- Post office
- Dhakshinpara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 211
- Population (projected 2026)
- 249
- Households
- 55
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1049
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
- Member of Parliament
- Jagannath Sarkar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Partha Sarathi Chatterjee(Babu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MRITTIKA BISWAS
- Block / Mandal
- Hanskhali
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)