# Hosenpur Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Hosenpur

Hosenpur is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **221 people in 49 households**, the 114th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 221people (2011)
- 49households
- 77.7%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hosenpur

Of every 100 households in Hosenpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hosenpur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**88%

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

**10%

Tap water ****59%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**37%

Television ****9%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**26%

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 Hosenpur?

■ Hosenpur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**926

Working population ****41.6%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 67.7% for women. 62% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (37%) · **■** Household industry 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 9 (10%) · **■** Marginal 38 (41%)

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 Egra - I

- Hasimpur305 people
- Chowbatia301 people
- Digha284 people
- Jagadishpur236 people
- Baman Bil208 people
- Bhetia208 people
- Barmi207 people
- Krishanapur189 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hosenpur?221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosenpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hosenpur?77.7% (Census 2011)