# Ghoshkira Village, Garbeta - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Garbeta - III, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ghoshkira

Ghoshkira is a village in Garbeta - III sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,259 people in 257 households**, the 41st largest of 188 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.9%.

- 1,259people (2011)
- 257households
- 80.3%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshkira

Of every 100 households in Ghoshkira in 2011, 63 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghoshkira · ■ Garbeta - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**74%

Tap water ****86%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**42%

Television ****27%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**13%

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 Ghoshkira?

■ Ghoshkira · ■ Garbeta - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**72.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**998

Working population ****38.7%**

**43.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 72.0% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 168 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (23%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 103 (21%) · **■** Marginal 100 (21%)

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 Garbeta - III

- Amsol1,309 people
- Paturia1,295 people
- Barakurya1,286 people
- Kadamdiha1,272 people
- Mangalpara1,240 people
- Maharajpur1,231 people
- Daldali1,226 people
- Damodarpur1,132 people

[All 230 villages in Garbeta - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshkira?1,259 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshkira in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshkira?80.3% (Census 2011)