# Ghoshpur Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - II, Barddhaman 

# Ghoshpur

Ghoshpur is a village in Memari - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **278 people in 69 households**, the 86th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 278people (2011)
- 69households
- 76.2%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshpur

Of every 100 households in Ghoshpur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Memari - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**24%

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

**8%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****39%**

**67%

Television ****32%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ghoshpur?

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Memari - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1364**

**963

Working population ****40.6%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 72.4% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (27%) · **■** Other work 37 (33%) · **■** Marginal 17 (15%)

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 - II

- Kanthalia332 people
- Baje Rasulpur322 people
- Kantabari305 people
- Shikarpur283 people
- Sargachhi197 people
- Chak Narayan150 people

[All 89 villages in Memari - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshpur?278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshpur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshpur?76.2% (Census 2011)