# Ghorapota Village, Garbeta - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ghorapota

Ghorapota is a village in Garbeta - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **725 people in 153 households**, the 103rd largest of 306 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 725people (2011)
- 153households
- 94.5%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghorapota

Of every 100 households in Ghorapota in 2011, 81 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghorapota · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**69%

Tap water ****96%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**87%

Use banking services ****84%**

**62%

Television ****58%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**15%

Own their home ****88%**

**98%

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 Ghorapota?

■ Ghorapota · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.5%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1643**

**951

Working population ****37.1%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 92.3% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (42%) · **■** Other work 134 (50%) · **■** Marginal 12 (4%)

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 Garbeta - I

- Sharsa757 people
- Nalpa748 people
- Kantapal734 people
- Bachhua732 people
- Ghoramara717 people
- Krishnanagar714 people
- Maulara706 people
- Dhabani694 people

[All 369 villages in Garbeta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghorapota?725 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghorapota in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghorapota?94.5% (Census 2011)