# Gaushpur Village, Harischandrapur - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Harischandrapur - II, Maldah 

# Gaushpur

Gaushpur is a village in Harischandrapur - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,609 people in 367 households**, the 46th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 1,609people (2011)
- 367households
- 70.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaushpur

Of every 100 households in Gaushpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaushpur · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**15%

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

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**15%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**44%

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 Gaushpur?

■ Gaushpur · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**957

Working population ****36.8%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 66.5% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (30%) · **■** Household industry 94 (16%) · **■** Other work 70 (12%) · **■** Marginal 206 (35%)

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 Harischandrapur - II

- Dahara1,733 people
- Hariharpur1,696 people
- Degun1,665 people
- Basudebpur1,652 people
- Maharapara1,597 people
- Samukha1,577 people
- Sahapur1,498 people
- Chhatrak1,495 people

[All 74 villages in Harischandrapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaushpur?1,609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaushpur in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaushpur?70.4% (Census 2011)