# Hosen Pur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Hosen Pur

Hosen Pur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **919 people in 222 households**, the 87th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 919people (2011)
- 222households
- 73.8%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hosen Pur

Of every 100 households in Hosen Pur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hosen Pur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****11%**

**26%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Hosen Pur?

■ Hosen Pur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073**

**954

Working population ****54.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 70.8% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (23%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (9%) · **■** Marginal 222 (44%)

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 Tapan

- Badalpur960 people
- Dakshin Jamalpur952 people
- Sankair945 people
- Bunail930 people
- Haribansipur900 people
- Halidana888 people
- Akha Nagar887 people
- Chandhati875 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hosen Pur?919 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosen Pur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hosen Pur?73.8% (Census 2011)