# Hosenpur Village, Minakhan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Hosenpur

Hosenpur is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,681 people in 564 households**, the 26th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,681people (2011)
- 564households
- 76.9%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hosenpur

Of every 100 households in Hosenpur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hosenpur · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**14%

Tap water ****11%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**94%

Use banking services ****22%**

**29%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**44%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Hosenpur?

■ Hosenpur · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**71.1%

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

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**961

Working population ****33.4%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 72.3% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 396 (44%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 271 (30%) · **■** Marginal 134 (15%)

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 Minakhan

- Hatbhanga2,827 people
- Ghonarban2,791 people
- Maliari2,723 people
- Niruli2,704 people
- Sultanpur2,615 people
- Malancha Abad2,610 people
- Amadpur2,528 people
- Muchikhola2,522 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hosenpur?2,681 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosenpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hosenpur?76.9% (Census 2011)