# Goshani Village, Lohaghat, Champawat (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Lohaghat, Champawat 

# Goshani

Goshani is a village in Lohaghat sub-district of Champawat district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,742 people in 397 households**, the 2nd largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 1,742people (2011)
- 397households
- 86.9%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goshani

Of every 100 households in Goshani in 2011, 93 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 64 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Goshani · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**63%

Tap water ****92%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****64%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****33%**

**74%

Use banking services ****85%**

**75%

Television ****71%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**38%

Own their home ****71%**

**93%

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 Goshani?

■ Goshani · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.9%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**877

Working population ****42.1%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.6% for men and 78.3% for women. 48% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 262 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 288 (39%) · **■** Marginal 167 (23%)

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 Lohaghat

- Patan Patani3,639 people
- Shiling1,659 people
- Pau1,573 people
- Kaligaon1,307 people
- Raighaon1,257 people

[All 287 villages in Lohaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/champawat/lohaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goshani?1,742 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goshani in?Champawat district (Lohaghat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Goshani?86.9% (Census 2011)