# Khosbash Village, Hingalganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Hingalganj, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khosbash

Khosbash is a village in Hingalganj sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **89 people in 23 households**, the 42nd largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 89people (2011)
- 23households
- 69.2%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khosbash

Of every 100 households in Khosbash in 2011, 3 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khosbash · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****96%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**54%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Khosbash?

■ Khosbash · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**974

Working population ****33.7%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 57.9% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (20%) · **■** Other work 9 (30%) · **■** Marginal 9 (30%)

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 Hingalganj

- Kathal Baria1,325 people
- Ketarchak994 people
- Kakaria742 people
- Singherkati277 people

[All 42 villages in Hingalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hingalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khosbash?89 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khosbash in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Hingalganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khosbash?69.2% (Census 2011)