# Gosainpur Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Gosainpur

Gosainpur is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 131 households**, the 80th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 609people (2011)
- 131households
- 76.9%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosainpur

Of every 100 households in Gosainpur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gosainpur · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**87%

Use banking services ****100%**

**62%

Television ****31%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gosainpur?

■ Gosainpur · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**985

Working population ****42.2%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 69.7% for women. 60% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (46%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 56 (22%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Vishnupur

- Kharikasuli714 people
- Kusum Bani693 people
- Bendara669 people
- Jharia646 people
- Harabati606 people
- Dwadas Bari604 people
- Dhangara593 people
- Dapanjuri590 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosainpur?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosainpur in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosainpur?76.9% (Census 2011)