# Ghona Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghona

Ghona is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,763 people in 1,305 households**, the 8th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 5,763people (2011)
- 1,305households
- 75.4%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghona

Of every 100 households in Ghona in 2011, 35 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghona · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**22%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**33%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****25%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**26%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Ghona?

■ Ghona · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**969

Working population ****34.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 71.9% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 227 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 451 (23%) · **■** Household industry 98 (5%) · **■** Other work 712 (36%) · **■** Marginal 509 (25%)

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 Basirhat - II

- Rajendrapur10,417 people
- Kachua Swarupnagar8,383 people
- Nehalpur7,682 people
- Begampur6,923 people
- Chanpa Pukhuria5,738 people
- Sadiknagar5,082 people
- Matia4,579 people
- Sangbaria4,452 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghona?5,763 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghona in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghona?75.4% (Census 2011)