# Hosenpur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Hosenpur

Hosenpur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **472 people in 101 households**, the 144th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 472people (2011)
- 101households
- 81.2%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hosenpur

Of every 100 households in Hosenpur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hosenpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**57%

Television ****6%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Hosenpur?

■ Hosenpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**961

Working population ****25.4%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 76.6% for women. 46% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%) · **■** Marginal 56 (47%)

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 Sainthia

- Sahispur497 people
- Dakshin Hajrapur481 people
- Madhupur473 people
- Behira472 people
- Bhabanandapur471 people
- Jinaipur467 people
- Gadadharpur466 people
- Kala466 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hosenpur?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosenpur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hosenpur?81.2% (Census 2011)