# Ghasiara Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Ghasiara

Ghasiara is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **927 people in 228 households**, the 95th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 927people (2011)
- 228households
- 64.9%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghasiara

Of every 100 households in Ghasiara in 2011, 69 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghasiara · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****31%**

**32%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghasiara?

■ Ghasiara · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**945

Working population ****33.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 57.2% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (32%) · **■** Household industry 19 (6%) · **■** Other work 22 (7%) · **■** Marginal 87 (28%)

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 Burwan

- Haldi1,001 people
- Bichhur975 people
- Srirampur961 people
- Surjya Bati942 people
- Kantur901 people
- Panuti890 people
- Mudda886 people
- Phupra872 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghasiara?927 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghasiara in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghasiara?64.9% (Census 2011)