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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ghatul

Ghatul is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **416 people in 101 households**, the 195th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 416people (2011)
- 101households
- 50.4%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatul

Of every 100 households in Ghatul in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghatul · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**75%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****0%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ghatul?

■ Ghatul · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**954

Working population ****59.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.1% for men and 42.0% for women. 66% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 21 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (86%) · **■** Marginal 13 (5%)

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

- Hazipur425 people
- Bhaginagar421 people
- Moha420 people
- Madanpur418 people
- Jobsa413 people
- Chak Nedair410 people
- Gobindapur403 people
- Aktail398 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatul?416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatul in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatul?50.4% (Census 2011)