# Ghoshpur Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghoshpur

Ghoshpur is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **142 people in 37 households**, the 153rd largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 142people (2011)
- 37households
- 87.7%literacy
- 844females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshpur

Of every 100 households in Ghoshpur in 2011, 88 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****6%**

**38%

Television ****15%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**33%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****844**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**934

Working population ****33.1%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 80.4% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (13%) · **■** Marginal 39 (83%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Haripur196 people
- Rayganja186 people
- Kotbar180 people
- Dihi Jhanjra161 people
- Brahmattar Bar132 people
- Telibar75 people
- Bar Jadupur71 people
- Chaitanya Chak66 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshpur?142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshpur?87.7% (Census 2011)