# Bosara Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bosara

Bosara is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,125 people in 221 households**, the 122nd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,125people (2011)
- 221households
- 56.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bosara

Of every 100 households in Bosara in 2011, 58 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bosara · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**19%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**28%

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 Bosara?

■ Bosara · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**943

Working population ****40.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 49.4% for women. 49% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (37%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 157 (34%)

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 Karandighi

- Sargaon1,180 people
- Purba Mohanpur1,165 people
- Paniha1,153 people
- Purba Pipla1,152 people
- Pothimari1,122 people
- Bhandarbari1,110 people
- Bishunpur1,106 people
- Khempur1,101 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bosara?1,125 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bosara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bosara?56.5% (Census 2011)