# Goran Bose Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Goran Bose

Goran Bose is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,642 people in 2,754 households**, the 6th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 12,642people (2011)
- 2,754households
- 77.9%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goran Bose

Of every 100 households in Goran Bose in 2011, 0 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Goran Bose · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****20%**

**18%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**46%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Goran Bose?

■ Goran Bose · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**971

Working population ****42.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 70.4% for women. 54% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,392 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 808 (15%) · **■** Household industry 218 (4%) · **■** Other work 465 (9%) · **■** Marginal 2,467 (46%)

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 Basanti

- Bhangonkhali15,127 people
- Phul Malancha14,614 people
- Kathalberia14,113 people
- Char Bidyarabad13,035 people
- Kumarkhali12,021 people
- Sonakhali10,582 people
- Dhuri9,411 people
- Chunakhali9,241 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goran Bose?12,642 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goran Bose in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goran Bose?77.9% (Census 2011)