# Ghagha Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Ghagha

Ghagha is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,351 people in 301 households**, the 49th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,351people (2011)
- 301households
- 47.3%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghagha

Of every 100 households in Ghagha in 2011, 17 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghagha · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**80%

Use banking services ****33%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ghagha?

■ Ghagha · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.3%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**983

Working population ****51.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.8% for men and 37.6% for women. 56% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (3%) · **■** Marginal 466 (67%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Kapishta1,461 people
- Debagram1,411 people
- Bahadurganja1,392 people
- Maulpur1,372 people
- Langalbhanga1,236 people
- Kulkuri1,231 people
- Muralpur1,203 people
- Bagalpur1,069 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghagha?1,351 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghagha in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghagha?47.3% (Census 2011)