# Meghakata Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Meghakata

Meghakata is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **237 people in 44 households**, the 226th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 237people (2011)
- 44households
- 66.3%literacy
- 1,097females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meghakata

Of every 100 households in Meghakata in 2011, 24 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meghakata · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

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

**4%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****40%**

**68%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Meghakata?

■ Meghakata · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1097**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1231**

**954

Working population ****48.9%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 50.9% for women. 53% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (5%) · **■** Marginal 63 (54%)

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

- Banagram260 people
- Ranagora259 people
- Nanduara257 people
- Shiuligarya251 people
- Nabagram237 people
- Sarenga Phulberia237 people
- Gursagra235 people
- Malpara235 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meghakata?237 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meghakata in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meghakata?66.3% (Census 2011)