# Ghoshpur Village, Sandeshkhali - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghoshpur

Ghoshpur is a village in Sandeshkhali - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,606 people in 1,576 households**, the 9th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 6,606people (2011)
- 1,576households
- 73.0%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshpur

Of every 100 households in Ghoshpur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**31%

Tap water ****8%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****52%**

**32%

Television ****13%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghoshpur?

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**936

Working population ****43.3%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 66.3% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 331 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,123 (39%) · **■** Household industry 12 (0%) · **■** Other work 538 (19%) · **■** Marginal 856 (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 Sandeshkhali - I

- Laukhali Patharghata9,180 people
- Kalinagar8,679 people
- Agarhati6,889 people
- Matbari Abad6,748 people
- Chunchura6,267 people
- Rajbari5,964 people
- Kanmari5,898 people
- Khassankdaha5,890 people

[All 30 villages in Sandeshkhali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshpur?6,606 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshpur?73.0% (Census 2011)