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Gosainganj Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Gosainganj is a medium size village located in Cooch Behar - I Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 448 families residing. The Gosainganj village has population of 1748 of which 891 are males while 857 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gosainganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 9.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gosainganj village is 962 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gosainganj as per census is 851, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gosainganj village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gosainganj village was 63.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gosainganj Male literacy stands at 67.75 % while female literacy rate was 59.85 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gosainganj 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 Gosainganj village.

Gosainganj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 448 - -
Population 1,748 891 857
Child (0-6) 174 94 80
Schedule Caste 816 408 408
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.85 % 67.75 % 59.85 %
Total Workers 771 569 202
Main Worker 596 - -
Marginal Worker 175 49 126

Caste Factor

In Gosainganj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.68 % of total population in Gosainganj village. The village Gosainganj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gosainganj village out of total population, 771 were engaged in work activities. 77.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 771 workers engaged in Main Work, 256 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 260 were Agricultural labourer.