# Ghoshla Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Ghoshla

Ghoshla is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,355 people in 571 households**, the 35th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 2,355people (2011)
- 571households
- 71.9%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshla

Of every 100 households in Ghoshla in 2011, 28 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghoshla · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**48%

Tap water ****2%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**84%

Use banking services ****16%**

**58%

Television ****18%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ghoshla?

■ Ghoshla · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**962

Working population ****42.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 64.0% for women. 60% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 149 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (15%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 107 (11%) · **■** Marginal 600 (59%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Khajurdaha2,600 people
- Gete Gari2,574 people
- Purba Kalikapur2,461 people
- Dighir2,412 people
- Baidyapur2,304 people
- Chandpur2,281 people
- Chelua2,261 people
- Jiara2,228 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshla?2,355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshla in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshla?71.9% (Census 2011)