# Khosh Baspur Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Khosh Baspur

Khosh Baspur is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,342 people in 944 households**, the 12th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 4,342people (2011)
- 944households
- 58.9%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khosh Baspur

Of every 100 households in Khosh Baspur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khosh Baspur · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**78%

Tap water ****68%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****44%**

**42%

Television ****23%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**33%

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 Khosh Baspur?

■ Khosh Baspur · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1203**

**963

Working population ****35.2%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 51.0% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 494 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 566 (37%) · **■** Household industry 21 (1%) · **■** Other work 258 (17%) · **■** Marginal 191 (12%)

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 Kandi

- Gatia5,413 people
- Gobarhati5,023 people
- Sashpara4,649 people
- Purandarpur4,511 people
- Patenda4,322 people
- Srikantapur3,779 people
- Munigram3,728 people
- Motara3,648 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khosh Baspur?4,342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khosh Baspur in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khosh Baspur?58.9% (Census 2011)