# Kotalghosh Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Mangolkote, Barddhaman 

# Kotalghosh

Kotalghosh is a village in Mangolkote sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,207 people in 243 households**, the 77th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,207people (2011)
- 243households
- 65.5%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotalghosh

Of every 100 households in Kotalghosh in 2011, 30 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotalghosh · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

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

**26%

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

**3%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****61%**

**59%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Kotalghosh?

■ Kotalghosh · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**986

Working population ****42.0%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 52.9% for women. 63% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 73 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 323 (64%) · **■** Other work 24 (5%) · **■** Marginal 87 (17%)

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 Mangolkote

- Balidanga1,278 people
- Pilsoan1,274 people
- Chak Kharija Kshirgram1,219 people
- Singat1,212 people
- Sarulia1,158 people
- Palsona1,134 people
- Debagram1,127 people
- Krishnapur1,102 people

[All 132 villages in Mangolkote](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/mangolkote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotalghosh?1,207 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotalghosh in?Barddhaman district (Mangolkote sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotalghosh?65.5% (Census 2011)