# Ghatika Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ghatika

Ghatika is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,318 people in 306 households**, the 54th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,318people (2011)
- 306households
- 54.1%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatika

Of every 100 households in Ghatika in 2011, 26 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghatika · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****15%**

**26%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Ghatika?

■ Ghatika · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**954

Working population ****60.2%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.1% for men and 45.7% for women. 59% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 226 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 525 (66%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 31 (4%)

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 Tapan

- Hasnagar1,345 people
- Degaon1,337 people
- Sutail1,335 people
- Manahali1,333 people
- Malahar1,302 people
- Daing Malancha1,234 people
- Fatepur1,233 people
- Sakair1,233 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatika?1,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatika in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatika?54.1% (Census 2011)