# Ghoshergan Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Ghoshergan

Ghoshergan is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,909 people in 404 households**, the 10th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,909people (2011)
- 404households
- 68.8%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoshergan

Of every 100 households in Ghoshergan in 2011, 27 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghoshergan · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**80%

Use banking services ****64%**

**68%

Television ****14%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

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 Ghoshergan?

■ Ghoshergan · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**954

Working population ****35.4%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 57.8% for women. 50% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 88 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (6%) · **■** Other work 202 (30%) · **■** Marginal 344 (51%)

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 Chhatna

- Barbakra2,188 people
- Arra2,127 people
- Bamankuli2,098 people
- Jirra2,085 people
- Aljhara1,860 people
- Lohagar1,836 people
- Pahar Ghata1,830 people
- Bahara1,818 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoshergan?1,909 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoshergan in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoshergan?68.8% (Census 2011)