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

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Gotshauri

Gotshauri is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,049 people in 205 households**, the 68th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,049people (2011)
- 205households
- 88.6%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gotshauri

Of every 100 households in Gotshauri in 2011, 39 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gotshauri · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**9%

Tap water ****30%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****27%**

**35%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**30%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Gotshauri?

■ Gotshauri · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**949

Working population ****39.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 81.1% for women. 62% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (4%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 95 (23%) · **■** Marginal 259 (63%)

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

- Faridpur1,122 people
- Kadua Mukundapur1,116 people
- Chhota Bantalia1,103 people
- Ramchak Gopalchak1,061 people
- Kulanjara1,043 people
- Jhaubani1,034 people
- Rupnagar1,020 people
- Khashafaua1,018 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gotshauri?1,049 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotshauri in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gotshauri?88.6% (Census 2011)