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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Gosaindi

Gosaindi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **130 people in 24 households**, the 114th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 130people (2011)
- 24households
- 52.8%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosaindi

Of every 100 households in Gosaindi in 2011, 62 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gosaindi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****12%**

**30%

Television ****33%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**35%

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 Gosaindi?

■ Gosaindi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****571**

**973

Working population ****34.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 35.2% for women. 49% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 28 (62%) · **■** Marginal 4 (9%)

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 - II

- Brindabanpur206 people
- Supurdi173 people
- Baruadi163 people
- Gutniya157 people
- Chitahi113 people
- Beko84 people
- Lakshmipur75 people
- Lalpur73 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosaindi?130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosaindi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosaindi?52.8% (Census 2011)