Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar
# Ghegirghat

Ghegirghat is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,545 people in 637 households, the 37th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 2,545 people (2011)
- 637 households
- 78.7% literacy
- 894 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghegirghat

Of every 100 households in Ghegirghat in 2011, 58 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghegirghat · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 58% 25%
- Toilet within the home 78% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 21% 47%
- Tap water 3% 14%
- Drinking water within premises 94% 83%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 87% 95%
- Use banking services 26% 40%
- Television 29% 12%
- Mobile phone 30% 27%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 16% 36%
- Own their home 97% 98%

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

## What is the population of Ghegirghat?

■ Ghegirghat · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.7% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 894 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 788 942
- Working population 49.2% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 72.3% for women. 61% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 178 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 247 (20%) · ■ Household industry 532 (43%) · ■ Other work 224 (18%) · ■ Marginal 70 (6%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Cooch Behar - I
- Charakpara 2,905 people
- Maghpala 2,745 people
- Charaker Kuthi 2,693 people
- Rasidanga Pratham Khanda 2,548 people
- Shalbari 2,511 people
- Morangamari 2,347 people
- Dalua Dasgir 2,346 people
- Simulguri 2,329 people

All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Ghegirghat? 2,545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghegirghat in? Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghegirghat? 78.7% (Census 2011)

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