# Arampur Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Arampur

Arampur is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,618 people in 1,642 households**, the 8th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 6,618people (2011)
- 1,642households
- 82.9%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arampur

Of every 100 households in Arampur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Arampur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**23%

Tap water ****44%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**94%

Use banking services ****55%**

**35%

Television ****22%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**51%

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 Arampur?

■ Arampur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**981

Working population ****36.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 76.7% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 220 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 294 (12%) · **■** Household industry 30 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,205 (50%) · **■** Marginal 648 (27%)

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 Gosaba

- Satjalia8,757 people
- Manmathanagar7,971 people
- Sadhupur6,992 people
- Lahiripur6,851 people
- Taranagar6,572 people
- Bijoynagar6,507 people
- Chimta6,332 people
- Bally6,234 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arampur?6,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arampur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arampur?82.9% (Census 2011)