# Ghonja Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghonja

Ghonja is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,724 people in 445 households**, the 63rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,724people (2011)
- 445households
- 78.7%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghonja

Of every 100 households in Ghonja in 2011, 57 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghonja · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**3%

Tap water ****9%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**47%

Television ****31%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****26%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghonja?

■ Ghonja · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**965

Working population ****37.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 73.3% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 336 (52%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 128 (20%) · **■** Marginal 43 (7%)

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 Gaighata

- Jamdani1,923 people
- Tegharia1,920 people
- Pipli1,808 people
- Natgram1,742 people
- Naigachhi1,720 people
- Goal Bathan1,712 people
- Gopal Baliadanga1,707 people
- Jadabpur1,688 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghonja?1,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghonja in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghonja?78.7% (Census 2011)