# Ghoshpur Village, Baduria – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghoshpur

Ghoshpur is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,036 people in 1,658 households**, the 6th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 7,036people (2011)
- 1,658households
- 84.5%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshpur

Of every 100 households in Ghoshpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**16%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**94%

Use banking services ****71%**

**57%

Television ****43%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Ghoshpur?

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**960

Working population ****35.9%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 80.3% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 225 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 451 (18%) · **■** Household industry 99 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,489 (59%) · **■** Marginal 265 (10%)

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 Baduria

- Punra8,590 people
- Jashaikati7,317 people
- Shimla Durgapur7,225 people
- Aturia7,182 people
- Sayestanagar7,014 people
- Katia6,450 people
- Bena5,702 people
- Ramchandrapur5,650 people

[All 96 villages in Baduria](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/baduria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshpur?7,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshpur?84.5% (Census 2011)