# Khosalpur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Khosalpur

Khosalpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,177 people in 285 households**, the 62nd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,177people (2011)
- 285households
- 59.5%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khosalpur

Of every 100 households in Khosalpur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khosalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****12%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khosalpur?

■ Khosalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****702**

**954

Working population ****56.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 52.4% for women. 58% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 47 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 351 (53%) · **■** Other work 2 (0%) · **■** Marginal 263 (40%)

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

- Sakair1,233 people
- Dubahar1,217 people
- Kadoa Jagadisbati1,185 people
- Chak Balaram1,183 people
- Abhirampur1,161 people
- Jamalpur1,157 people
- Kishtapur1,153 people
- Chandrail1,145 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khosalpur?1,177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khosalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khosalpur?59.5% (Census 2011)