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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Gosaindi

Gosaindi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **618 people in 139 households**, the 84th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 618people (2011)
- 139households
- 72.1%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosaindi

Of every 100 households in Gosaindi in 2011, 17 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gosaindi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****21%**

**39%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gosaindi?

■ Gosaindi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1116**

**946

Working population ****49.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 56.6% for women. 48% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 103 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 33 (11%) · **■** Marginal 155 (51%)

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

- Bandi Alias Jagannathdi653 people
- Chhoto Ganja622 people
- Torang620 people
- Putidi619 people
- Patub611 people
- Chamardag607 people
- Ankura601 people
- Badgaon594 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosaindi?618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosaindi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosaindi?72.1% (Census 2011)