# Hosenpur Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Hosenpur

Hosenpur is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,828 people in 398 households**, the 42nd largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 1,828people (2011)
- 398households
- 63.3%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hosenpur

Of every 100 households in Hosenpur in 2011, 9 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hosenpur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**80%

Tap water ****12%**

**9%

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

**20%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****8%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****56%**

**46%

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 Hosenpur?

■ Hosenpur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**953

Working population ****48.3%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 61.0% for women. 55% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (24%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 81 (9%) · **■** Marginal 506 (57%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Shimultala2,056 people
- Gobindapara1,907 people
- Rampur1,891 people
- Balarampur1,843 people
- Rampurujitpur1,790 people
- Gaursanda1,648 people
- Dakshin Paranpur1,630 people
- Kashipara1,548 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hosenpur?1,828 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosenpur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hosenpur?63.3% (Census 2011)