Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Ghatsa

Ghatsa is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 931 people in 206 households, the 75th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.
- 931 people (2011)
- 206 households
- 53.2% literacy
- 1,024 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatsa

Of every 100 households in Ghatsa in 2011, 23 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghatsa · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 23% 27%
- Toilet within the home 21% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 79% 81%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 49% 29%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 93%
- Use banking services 18% 18%
- Television 21% 12%
- Mobile phone 31% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 1%
- None of these assets 20% 24%
- Own their home 97% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ghatsa?

■ Ghatsa · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 53.2% 65.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1024 981
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 943 955
- Working population 35.1% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.9% for men and 48.6% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 56 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 154 (47%) · ■ Household industry 11 (3%) · ■ Other work 89 (27%) · ■ Marginal 17 (5%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kushmundi
- Alampur 948 people
- Kunabari 941 people
- Salekkuri 939 people
- Deokhanda 934 people
- Chandail 929 people
- Chapahat Bairhatha 929 people
- Chapra 928 people
- Harigiram 927 people

All 231 villages in Kushmundi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Ghatsa? 931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatsa in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatsa? 53.2% (Census 2011)

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