# Gonsaipur Village, English Bazar, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · English Bazar, Maldah 

# Gonsaipur

Gonsaipur is a village in English Bazar sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,499 people in 340 households**, the 49th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,499people (2011)
- 340households
- 61.9%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gonsaipur

Of every 100 households in Gonsaipur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gonsaipur · ■ English Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**5%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****57%**

**39%

Television ****24%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gonsaipur?

■ Gonsaipur · ■ English Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**972

Working population ****36.0%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 53.9% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 279 (52%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (8%) · **■** Marginal 119 (22%)

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 English Bazar

- Ramkeli1,601 people
- Barampur1,595 people
- Raypur1,523 people
- Moslempur1,517 people
- Jot1,479 people
- Uttar Nazirpur1,461 people
- Anandamohanpur1,454 people
- Imamnagar1,389 people

[All 132 villages in English Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/english-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gonsaipur?1,499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gonsaipur in?Maldah district (English Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gonsaipur?61.9% (Census 2011)