# Ghasipur Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghasipur

Ghasipur is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,169 people in 254 households**, the 55th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 1,169people (2011)
- 254households
- 81.9%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghasipur

Of every 100 households in Ghasipur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghasipur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**90%

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

**6%

Tap water ****52%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****29%**

**42%

Television ****31%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghasipur?

■ Ghasipur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1271**

**948

Working population ****36.4%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 74.7% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (15%) · **■** Household industry 33 (8%) · **■** Other work 190 (45%) · **■** Marginal 119 (28%)

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 Mahisadal

- Deulpota1,317 people
- Dwari Berya Chak1,303 people
- Chak Gajipur1,213 people
- Ghagra1,185 people
- Sar Berya1,163 people
- Goyal Berya1,150 people
- Pahlanpur1,096 people
- Dakshin Kasim Nagar1,059 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghasipur?1,169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghasipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghasipur?81.9% (Census 2011)