[3][4] As per the 2011 Census of India, Goalpokhar had a total population of 4,500, of which 2,392 (53%) were males and 2,108 (47%) were females.

The total number of literates in Goalpokhar was 1,522 (41.96% of the population over 6 years).

[5] 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.

[7] In 2014, Calcutta High Court, in an order, included Dalkhola municipality in the list.

[8] 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.