# Hosenpur Village, Hariharpara, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Hariharpara, Murshidabad 

# Hosenpur

Hosenpur is a village in Hariharpara sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,653 people in 622 households**, the 30th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,653people (2011)
- 622households
- 69.5%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hosenpur

Of every 100 households in Hosenpur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Hosenpur · ■ Hariharpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**68%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****65%**

**30%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Hariharpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**992

Working population ****34.8%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 69.3% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 352 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 331 (36%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 102 (11%) · **■** Marginal 128 (14%)

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 Hariharpara

- Rampara3,149 people
- Mahishmara3,096 people
- Joykrishnapur3,070 people
- Nasipur3,011 people
- Siddhi Nandi2,264 people
- Kaludiar2,162 people
- Tekona2,000 people
- Sarbangapur1,932 people

[All 63 villages in Hariharpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/hariharpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hosenpur?2,653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosenpur in?Murshidabad district (Hariharpara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hosenpur?69.5% (Census 2011)