# Khosalpur Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Khosalpur

Khosalpur is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,064 people in 255 households**, the 67th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,064people (2011)
- 255households
- 73.9%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khosalpur

Of every 100 households in Khosalpur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khosalpur · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**81%

Use banking services ****99%**

**44%

Television ****29%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Khosalpur?

■ Khosalpur · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**946

Working population ****45.4%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 66.8% for women. 65% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 196 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (50%) · **■** Other work 32 (7%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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 Patrasayer

- Muktapur1,098 people
- Netkhara1,088 people
- Mukunda Pur1,084 people
- Seora Bani1,066 people
- Nahala1,056 people
- Binod Nagar1,026 people
- Nikunjapur1,026 people
- Balsi Dakshin Para1,003 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khosalpur?1,064 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khosalpur in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khosalpur?73.9% (Census 2011)