Ghoshpur is a village in Sandeshkhali I CD Block in

Basirhat subdivision Basirhat subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History In 1757, the East India Company obtained the ''zamindari'' or land-holders rights of the 24 Parganas Zamindari ...

North 24 Parganas district North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and f ...

in the state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Ghoshpur had a total population of 6,606, of which 3,330 (50%) were males and 3,276 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 725. The total number of literates in Ghoshpur was 4,293 (73.00% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Sandeshkhali I CD Block is served by Nazat PS. The CD Block headquarters are also located at

Nazat Nazat (mentioned in census reports as Nyazat) is a village and a gram panchayat in the Sandeshkhali I CD block in the Basirhat subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Nazat is locat ...

, which is across the Besti River. One can reach Nazat by ferry from Ghoshpur ferry ghat to Boyermari ferryghat at Nazat.Google maps

Education

Kalinagar Mahavidyalaya Kalinagar Mahavidyalaya, established in 1985, is a general degree college in Kalinagar. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University. Departments *Bengali *English *Sanskrit *History *Geography * ...

Kalinagar Kalinagar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Pilibhit district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Kalinagar is a new tehsil of district Pilibhit Pin code -262124 Geography Kalinagar is located at . It has an average elevation of 184 met ...

is located nearby.

Healthcare

Ghoshpur Rural Hospital at Ghoshpur with 30 beds functions as the main medical facility in Sandeshkhali I CD Block. There are primary health centres at Agarbati (Hatgachia PHC with 10 beds) and

(with 6 beds).

References

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