# Gosaipur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gosaipur

Gosaipur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **746 people in 185 households**, the 141st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 746people (2011)
- 185households
- 71.9%literacy
- 1,044females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosaipur

Of every 100 households in Gosaipur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gosaipur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**16%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**32%

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 Gosaipur?

■ Gosaipur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1044**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**955

Working population ****35.1%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 67.8% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 38 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (57%) · **■** Other work 27 (10%) · **■** Marginal 47 (18%)

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 Itahar

- Churaman785 people
- Dakshin Syampur771 people
- Beldangi756 people
- Khamrua747 people
- Sahapur737 people
- Bausa724 people
- Rahai722 people
- Barhatti720 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosaipur?746 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosaipur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gosaipur?71.9% (Census 2011)