# Gotsanda Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gotsanda

Gotsanda is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **700 people in 163 households**, the 59th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 700people (2011)
- 163households
- 74.1%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gotsanda

Of every 100 households in Gotsanda in 2011, 31 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gotsanda · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****28%**

**43%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**99%

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 Gotsanda?

■ Gotsanda · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**946

Working population ****37.1%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 66.8% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 60 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (40%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 85 (33%)

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 Mohanpur

- Tildapara765 people
- Bhatia730 people
- Shalikhai725 people
- Adalpur711 people
- Padima690 people
- Bhimdebchak671 people
- Jhatia662 people
- Malpara655 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gotsanda?700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotsanda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gotsanda?74.1% (Census 2011)