# Phulsara Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Phulsara

Phulsara is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,716 people in 2,128 households**, the 1st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 8,716people (2011)
- 2,128households
- 84.3%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Phulsara

Of every 100 households in Phulsara in 2011, 60 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Phulsara · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**3%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****45%**

**47%

Television ****31%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Phulsara?

■ Phulsara · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**965

Working population ****33.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 79.4% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 825 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 695 (24%) · **■** Household industry 55 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,222 (42%) · **■** Marginal 131 (4%)

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 Gaighata

- Panchpota8,312 people
- Barasat7,441 people
- Angrail6,978 people
- Rampur6,936 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Phulsara?8,716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phulsara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Phulsara?84.3% (Census 2011)