# Hossenpur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Hossenpur

Hossenpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,642 people in 411 households**, the 29th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,642people (2011)
- 411households
- 86.8%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hossenpur

Of every 100 households in Hossenpur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hossenpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**65%

Tap water ****54%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**41%

Television ****39%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**26%

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 Hossenpur?

■ Hossenpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**965

Working population ****40.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 82.5% for women. 62% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 38 (6%) · **■** Other work 401 (60%) · **■** Marginal 187 (28%)

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 Balurghat

- Noksha1,698 people
- Malancha1,681 people
- Boaldar1,679 people
- Badamail1,673 people
- Dakshin Sibrampur1,629 people
- Danga1,603 people
- Dhulatair1,596 people
- Mangalpur1,584 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hossenpur?1,642 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hossenpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hossenpur?86.8% (Census 2011)