# Gosair Char Village, Ranaghat - I, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - I, Nadia 

# Gosair Char

Gosair Char is a village in Ranaghat - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,844 people in 469 households**, the 25th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 1,844people (2011)
- 469households
- 62.3%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosair Char

Of every 100 households in Gosair Char in 2011, 41 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gosair Char · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**60%

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

**77%

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

**22%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**67%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****13%**

**38%

Television ****13%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gosair Char?

■ Gosair Char · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**939

Working population ****33.9%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 56.2% for women. 61% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 381 (61%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 83 (13%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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 Ranaghat - I

- Budya Nandapur1,980 people
- Arkhisma1,964 people
- Suresh Nagar1,960 people
- Chandan Daha1,844 people
- Beleati1,820 people
- Paschim Sambhupur1,758 people
- Palitpara1,737 people
- Jagapur1,713 people

[All 60 villages in Ranaghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosair Char?1,844 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosair Char in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosair Char?62.3% (Census 2011)