# Ghordaha Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Ghordaha

Ghordaha is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **287 people in 77 households**, the 106th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 287people (2011)
- 77households
- 65.0%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghordaha

Of every 100 households in Ghordaha in 2011, 46 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghordaha · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****39%**

**23%

Television ****9%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Ghordaha?

■ Ghordaha · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**963

Working population ****47.4%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 55.8% for women. 59% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (72%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (10%) · **■** Marginal 13 (10%)

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 Mayureswar - II

- Mahaduripa311 people
- Kurcha294 people
- Selahat294 people
- Ghatkuri290 people
- Tentuldihi271 people
- Uttar Maligram268 people
- Dakshin Bhagabatipur246 people
- Gargara246 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghordaha?287 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghordaha in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghordaha?65.0% (Census 2011)