# Hosenpur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Hosenpur

Hosenpur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,504 people in 326 households**, the 27th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 1,504people (2011)
- 326households
- 46.2%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hosenpur

Of every 100 households in Hosenpur in 2011, 9 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hosenpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**23%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**70%

Use banking services ****25%**

**44%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.2%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****807**

**956

Working population ****45.6%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.0% for men and 39.2% for women. 48% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (6%) · **■** Household industry 167 (24%) · **■** Other work 130 (19%) · **■** Marginal 275 (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 Farakka

- Bagdabra2,284 people
- Kashinagar2,076 people
- Samaspur1,615 people
- Tulsi Pukur1,570 people
- Jadabpur Nimtala1,373 people
- Damodarpur1,360 people
- Par Suzapur Mandai1,291 people
- Uttar Jamalpur1,239 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hosenpur?1,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosenpur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hosenpur?46.2% (Census 2011)