# Ghosila Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Ghosila

Ghosila is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,172 people in 220 households**, the 439th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,172people (2011)
- 220households
- 90.9%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghosila

Of every 100 households in Ghosila in 2011, 61 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghosila · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**68%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**85%

Use banking services ****98%**

**75%

Television ****54%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**7%

Own their home ****78%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ghosila?

■ Ghosila · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**883

Working population ****29.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 86.5% for women. 44% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (8%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 125 (36%) · **■** Marginal 126 (36%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Varanasi

- Benipur Kala1,189 people
- Kanthipur1,182 people
- Parmanandpur1,180 people
- Faridpur1,175 people
- Udairajpur1,172 people
- Jaga Patti1,171 people
- Sarang Pur1,171 people
- Sultanipur1,170 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghosila?1,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghosila in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghosila?90.9% (Census 2011)