Gosha Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Gosha is a medium size village located in Haripal Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 289 families residing. The Gosha village has population of 1247 of which 618 are males while 629 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gosha village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 11.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gosha village is 1018 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gosha as per census is 1138, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gosha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gosha village was 59.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gosha Male literacy stands at 63.83 % while female literacy rate was 55.86 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gosha village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gosha village.

Gosha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	289	-	-
Population	1,247	618	629
Child (0-6)	139	65	74
Schedule Caste	649	335	314
Schedule Tribe	170	80	90
Literacy	59.84 %	63.83 %	55.86 %
Total Workers	566	402	164
Main Worker	250	-	-
Marginal Worker	316	197	119

Caste Factor

In Gosha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.63 % of total population in Gosha village.

Work Profile

In Gosha village out of total population, 566 were engaged in work activities. 44.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 566 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.