# Ghoshpur Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghoshpur

Ghoshpur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **921 people in 206 households**, the 78th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 921people (2011)
- 206households
- 80.0%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshpur

Of every 100 households in Ghoshpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Ghoshpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**89%

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

**9%

Tap water ****17%**

**17%

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

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****33%**

**35%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**30%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****789**

**949

Working population ****29.5%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 73.2% for women. 54% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (19%) · **■** Marginal 204 (75%)

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 Deshopran

- Haripur985 people
- Mahammadpur977 people
- Baijapur936 people
- Ghoraghata925 people
- Shunia908 people
- Umapati Bar904 people
- Bankipur841 people
- Durgapur825 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshpur?921 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshpur?80.0% (Census 2011)