# Ghosra Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Ghosra

Ghosra is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **46 people in 11 households**, the 130th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 46people (2011)
- 11households
- 81.6%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghosra

Of every 100 households in Ghosra in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghosra · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****36%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Ghosra?

■ Ghosra · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1667**

**946

Working population ****47.8%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 64.7% for women. 50% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 5 (23%) · **■** Other work 3 (14%) · **■** Marginal 14 (64%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Tarhad80 people
- Keotia68 people
- Adhikaridi61 people
- Muradi60 people
- Sharangdi32 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghosra?46 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghosra in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghosra?81.6% (Census 2011)