# Pahar Ghata Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Pahar Ghata

Pahar Ghata is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,830 people in 388 households**, the 13th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,830people (2011)
- 388households
- 79.7%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pahar Ghata

Of every 100 households in Pahar Ghata in 2011, 42 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pahar Ghata · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**87%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**80%

Use banking services ****61%**

**68%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Pahar Ghata?

■ Pahar Ghata · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**954

Working population ****33.2%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 69.3% for women. 50% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Household industry 79 (13%) · **■** Other work 146 (24%) · **■** Marginal 363 (60%)

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

- Jirra2,085 people
- Ghoshergan1,909 people
- Aljhara1,860 people
- Lohagar1,836 people
- Bahara1,818 people
- Jambede1,777 people
- Pathardiha1,757 people
- Kamarkuli1,734 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pahar Ghata?1,830 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pahar Ghata in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pahar Ghata?79.7% (Census 2011)