# Ghosh Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Ghosh

Ghosh is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,447 people in 344 households**, the 53rd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,447people (2011)
- 344households
- 70.1%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghosh

Of every 100 households in Ghosh in 2011, 27 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghosh · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**43%

Tap water ****12%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**74%

Use banking services ****54%**

**39%

Television ****18%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Ghosh?

■ Ghosh · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**973

Working population ****46.9%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 62.0% for women. 64% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 483 (71%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 88 (13%) · **■** Marginal 7 (1%)

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 Memari - I

- Nihshanka1,686 people
- Birshimul1,661 people
- Bahabpur1,642 people
- Maglampur1,633 people
- Konarpara1,446 people
- Debpur1,412 people
- Paschim Tazpur1,395 people
- Palta1,385 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghosh?1,447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghosh in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghosh?70.1% (Census 2011)