# Gosaindihi, Bankura - I, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Gosaindihi

Gosaindihi is a village in [Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,302 people in 283 households**, the 20th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,302people (2011)
- 283households
- 68.2%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosaindihi

Of every 100 households in Gosaindihi in 2011, 39 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gosaindihi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**84%

Tap water ****58%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**68%

Use banking services ****15%**

**35%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gosaindihi?

■ Gosaindihi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**961

Working population ****39.7%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 57.5% for women. 57% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 52 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (24%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 101 (20%) · **■** Marginal 226 (44%)

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 Bankura - I

- Balia1,460 people
- Dhulidihi1,334 people
- Dakshinbankati1,312 people
- Darpanagar1,307 people
- Chingra1,260 people
- Sanaband1,238 people
- Ailakundi1,207 people
- Kalpathar1,173 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Other places named Gosaindihi

- Gosaindihi · Village, Ranibundh, Bankura · 64 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosaindihi?1,302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosaindihi in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosaindihi?68.2% (Census 2011)