# Ghatampur Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Ghatampur

Ghatampur is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,717 people in 388 households**, the 48th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,717people (2011)
- 388households
- 70.5%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatampur

Of every 100 households in Ghatampur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghatampur · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**86%

Use banking services ****82%**

**56%

Television ****29%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Ghatampur?

■ Ghatampur · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**942

Working population ****47.5%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 62.6% for women. 64% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 325 (40%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 103 (13%) · **■** Marginal 174 (21%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Kagnan1,783 people
- Khein1,769 people
- Makhalpur1,722 people
- Gunpala1,718 people
- Banshdarun1,705 people
- Mirkhila1,694 people
- Bhoagachhi1,689 people
- Hosenabad1,677 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatampur?1,717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatampur in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatampur?70.5% (Census 2011)