# Ghoshkira Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ghoshkira

Ghoshkira is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **150 people in 34 households**, the 113th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 150people (2011)
- 34households
- 97.9%literacy
- 685females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshkira

Of every 100 households in Ghoshkira in 2011, 91 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghoshkira · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**63%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****100%**

**54%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ghoshkira?

■ Ghoshkira · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.9%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****685**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****200**

**974

Working population ****38.0%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 95.0% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 38 (67%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (7%) · **■** Marginal 14 (25%)

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 Chandrakona - II

- Lalitaganj203 people
- Pachami199 people
- Parulya193 people
- Parahari161 people
- Dhanghari146 people
- Bankati140 people
- Jhakrasirsa134 people
- Kamarkhali106 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshkira?150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshkira in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshkira?97.9% (Census 2011)