Goalpokhar is a village in

Goalpokhar I Goalpokhar I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Islampur subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Historically the western frontier of ancient Pundravardhana kingdom, ...

CD block in

Islampur subdivision Islampur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions Uttar Dinajpur district is divided into two administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Islampur subdivis ...

Uttar Dinajpur district Uttar Dinajpur () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur district, it comprises two subdivisions: Raiganj and Islampur. History Undivided Dinajpur district w ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Goalpokhar is located at In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.

Police station

Goalpokhar police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over

CD Block and parts of

Goalpokhar II Goalpokhar II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Islampur subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Historically the western frontier of ancient Pundravardhana kingdom ...

CD Block. It is 76 km from the district headquarters and covers an area of 354 km² 40 km of the India-Bangladesh border is in the area covered by Goalpokhar PS.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Goalpokhar I CD block is at Goalpokhar.

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Goalpokhar had a total population of 4,500, of which 2,392 (53%) were males and 2,108 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 873. The total number of literates in Goalpokhar was 1,522 (41.96% of the population over 6 years).

Official languages

As per the West Bengal Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2012, which came into force from December 2012, Urdu was given the status of official language in areas, such as subdivisions and blocks, having more than 10% Urdu speaking population. In Uttar Dinajpur district, Goalpokhar I and II blocks, Islampur block and Islampur municipality were identified as fulfilling the norms set. In 2014, Calcutta High Court, in an order, included Dalkhola municipality in the list.

Education

Ashraful Uloom Jr. High Madrasah School, established at Jainagaon, Goalpokhar in 1987, is a co-educational Urdu-medium unaided private school with arrangements for teaching from class VI to VIII. It has a play ground.

Healthcare

Lodhan rural hospital at PO Goalpokhar (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Goalpokhar I CD block.

References

{{Use dmy dates, date=May 2019 Villages in Uttar Dinajpur district