# Ghoshgram Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Ghoshgram

Ghoshgram is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,540 people in 577 households**, the 18th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,540people (2011)
- 577households
- 69.5%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshgram

Of every 100 households in Ghoshgram in 2011, 53 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghoshgram · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**81%

Tap water ****25%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****43%**

**55%

Television ****30%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****31%**

**32%

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 Ghoshgram?

■ Ghoshgram · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**975

Working population ****35.2%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 61.4% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (25%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 119 (13%) · **■** Marginal 336 (38%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Goala2,712 people
- Madian2,626 people
- Bajitpur2,611 people
- Dakshin Gram2,589 people
- Gazipur2,479 people
- Taloan2,409 people
- Bahina2,390 people
- Kanachi2,108 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshgram?2,540 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshgram in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshgram?69.5% (Census 2011)