# Ghoshpur Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ghoshpur

Ghoshpur is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,711 people in 362 households**, the 26th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,711people (2011)
- 362households
- 90.1%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshpur

Of every 100 households in Ghoshpur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**56%

Tap water ****20%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**96%

Use banking services ****87%**

**58%

Television ****28%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ghoshpur?

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**960

Working population ****46.4%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 86.2% for women. 60% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 335 (42%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (8%) · **■** Marginal 146 (18%)

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 Keshpur

- Kalagram1,937 people
- Bejara1,825 people
- Mejura1,770 people
- Sahaspur1,742 people
- Amanpur1,707 people
- Khejur Bani1,687 people
- Gobindapur1,673 people
- Chenchura1,671 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshpur?1,711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshpur?90.1% (Census 2011)