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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DIPAK KUMAR BELTHARIA
Contact: 97****2978
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- LGD code
- 330619
- Pincode
- 723121
- Post office
- Adra
- Population
- 86
- Households
- 18
- Literacy rate
- 51.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1205 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 37
Census 2011 · in context
How Gopalpur compares
By population, Gopalpur ranks #191 of 209 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.2%
−9.6% vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 51.2%
- Kashipur mandal
- 60.8%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,205
+241 vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 1,205
- Kashipur mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 4.8
- Kashipur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopalpur at a glance
Gopalpur is a village of 86 people in 18 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 191st-largest of 209 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 51%, 10 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,205 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723121, served by Adra post office; the LGD village code is 330619. The sarpanch is DIPAK KUMAR BELTHARIA, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 101 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kashipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gopalpur · this village | 86 | 51% | — |
| Kashipur · Kashipur | 2,369 | 69% | — |
| Kalloli · Kashipur | 1,524 | 71% | — |
| Rambani · Kashipur | 1,450 | 51% | — |
| Bar Daikiari · Kashipur | 1,085 | 69% | — |
| Narayangar Alias Karka · Kashipur | 1,055 | 64% | — |
| Kalyathol · Kashipur | 861 | 54% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gopalpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 437.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 75
- Forest area (ha)
- 55
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
- 330619
- Pincode
- 723121
- Post office
- Adra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 86
- Population (projected 2026)
- 101
- Households
- 18
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1205
- Literacy rate
- 51.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DIPAK KUMAR BELTHARIA
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
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Other villages in Kashipur mandal
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- Pabra Pahari
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- Lalpur Alias Jorthol
- Kalapathar
- Sonathol
- Chakalta
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- Rajra
- Seja
- Kalloli
- Kathgora
- Rambani
- Hadalda
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)