# Goghata Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Goghata

Goghata is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,627 people in 2,028 households**, the 12th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 8,627people (2011)
- 2,028households
- 64.0%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goghata

Of every 100 households in Goghata in 2011, 17 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goghata · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**52%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**64%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**29%

Television ****9%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Goghata?

■ Goghata · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**969

Working population ****30.7%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.4% for men and 63.5% for women. 57% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 519 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,240 (47%) · **■** Household industry 47 (2%) · **■** Other work 378 (14%) · **■** Marginal 463 (17%)

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 Nawda

- Patikabari11,232 people
- Tungi9,128 people
- Sonatikri8,982 people
- Kedarchandpur8,838 people
- Mahammadpur7,298 people
- Chandkati7,046 people
- Bundai Nagar6,908 people
- Jagaiapur6,360 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goghata?8,627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goghata in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Goghata?64.0% (Census 2011)