# Gholla Village, Beldanga - II, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - II, Murshidabad 

# Gholla

Gholla is a village in Beldanga - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,881 people in 1,009 households**, the 20th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 4,881people (2011)
- 1,009households
- 72.0%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gholla

Of every 100 households in Gholla in 2011, 36 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gholla · ■ Beldanga - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**24%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Gholla?

■ Gholla · ■ Beldanga - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**968

Working population ****29.6%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 70.4% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 398 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 425 (29%) · **■** Household industry 103 (7%) · **■** Other work 334 (23%) · **■** Marginal 184 (13%)

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 Beldanga - II

- Pilkhana5,293 people
- Bachhara5,127 people
- Mahata5,000 people
- Mian4,968 people
- Bikal Nagar4,841 people
- Kataikona4,191 people
- Sadhukhali4,154 people
- Dakshin Bachhara4,112 people

[All 71 villages in Beldanga - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gholla?4,881 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gholla in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gholla?72.0% (Census 2011)