# Gosaidih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Gosaidih

Gosaidih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,000 people in 180 households**, the 59th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,000people (2011)
- 180households
- 70.9%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosaidih

Of every 100 households in Gosaidih in 2011, 38 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gosaidih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****3%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gosaidih?

■ Gosaidih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****582**

**957

Working population ****28.4%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 55.7% for women. 48% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (11%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 62 (22%) · **■** Marginal 13 (5%)

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 Barabazar

- Nowadih1,012 people
- Hijla1,005 people
- Beldih1,002 people
- Takria1,002 people
- Fuljhor999 people
- Fatepur966 people
- Bhabanipur961 people
- Dhadkidih959 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosaidih?1,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosaidih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosaidih?70.9% (Census 2011)