# Gosaindi Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Gosaindi

Gosaindi is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **255 people in 55 households**, the 172nd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 255people (2011)
- 55households
- 95.3%literacy
- 861females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosaindi

Of every 100 households in Gosaindi in 2011, 56 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gosaindi · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**84%

Use banking services ****49%**

**50%

Television ****42%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**21%

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 Gosaindi?

■ Gosaindi · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.3%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****861**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**937

Working population ****27.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.6% for men and 92.5% for women. 48% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (9%) · **■** Other work 53 (76%) · **■** Marginal 5 (7%)

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 Kashipur

- Baindi287 people
- Bhabanipur268 people
- Adali265 people
- Patpur261 people
- Kapishta246 people
- Gayapahari239 people
- Krishtaganj217 people
- Dejori216 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosaindi?255 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosaindi in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosaindi?95.3% (Census 2011)