# Ghagra Village, Ranibundh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Ranibundh, Bankura 

# Ghagra

Ghagra is a village in Ranibundh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,365 people in 317 households**, the 15th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 1,365people (2011)
- 317households
- 73.1%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghagra

Of every 100 households in Ghagra in 2011, 35 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghagra · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**34%

Television ****26%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**26%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Ghagra?

■ Ghagra · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**951

Working population ****38.5%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 61.3% for women. 53% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (10%) · **■** Household industry 29 (6%) · **■** Other work 197 (37%) · **■** Marginal 215 (41%)

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 Ranibundh

- Talgara1,589 people
- Halud Kanali1,502 people
- Jhilimili1,429 people
- Rautara1,384 people
- Bethuala1,331 people
- Budh Khila1,307 people
- Malbera1,280 people
- Khejura1,226 people

[All 186 villages in Ranibundh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/ranibundh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghagra?1,365 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghagra in?Bankura district (Ranibundh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghagra?73.1% (Census 2011)