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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gospur

Gospur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,367 people in 629 households**, the 28th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 3,367people (2011)
- 629households
- 44.8%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gospur

Of every 100 households in Gospur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gospur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**19%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gospur?

■ Gospur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.8%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**943

Working population ****37.3%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.1% for men and 41.5% for women. 49% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 697 (56%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 327 (26%) · **■** Marginal 128 (10%)

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

- Nakol3,669 people
- Bhikhanpur3,568 people
- Pargaon3,523 people
- Bikaur3,473 people
- Basudebpur3,237 people
- Nazirpur3,112 people
- Kachan3,103 people
- Altapur3,092 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gospur?3,367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gospur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gospur?44.8% (Census 2011)