# Gosaidih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) (2)

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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 **537 people in 102 households**, the 129th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 537people (2011)
- 102households
- 69.0%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosaidih

Of every 100 households in Gosaidih in 2011, 31 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gosaidih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****44%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

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 Gosaidih?

■ Gosaidih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**957

Working population ****48.4%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 53.0% for women. 56% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 34 (13%) · **■** Marginal 214 (82%)

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

- Gohamikocha560 people
- Metyala557 people
- Haramdih549 people
- Lanka546 people
- Ransi530 people
- Turku529 people
- Mednitanr528 people
- Bhaluk Dungri521 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosaidih?537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosaidih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosaidih?69.0% (Census 2011)