# Ghosalpur Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghosalpur

Ghosalpur is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,412 people in 308 households**, the 56th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 1,412people (2011)
- 308households
- 72.2%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghosalpur

Of every 100 households in Ghosalpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghosalpur · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**16%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****27%**

**40%

Television ****8%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****48%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Ghosalpur?

■ Ghosalpur · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**952

Working population ****30.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 60.5% for women. 56% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (15%) · **■** Other work 111 (26%) · **■** Marginal 215 (50%)

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 Barasat - II

- Kola1,636 people
- Mitpukuria1,618 people
- Palitpara1,581 people
- Kamduni1,418 people
- Chaugharia1,327 people
- Balipur1,311 people
- Bardeshia1,226 people
- Kaipul1,213 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghosalpur?1,412 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghosalpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghosalpur?72.2% (Census 2011)