# Ghagra Village, Garbeta - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Garbeta - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ghagra

Ghagra is a village in Garbeta - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **195 people in 47 households**, the 203rd largest of 264 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 195people (2011)
- 47households
- 50.0%literacy
- 1,143females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghagra

Of every 100 households in Ghagra in 2011, 98 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghagra · ■ Garbeta - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****98%**

**70%

Television ****0%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ghagra?

■ Ghagra · ■ Garbeta - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1143**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**954

Working population ****64.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.2% for men and 42.5% for women. 68% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 22 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (65%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 18 (14%)

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 - II

- Bisharbandh206 people
- Chhota Patasol204 people
- Dubrajpur203 people
- Basudebpur202 people
- Kharkata189 people
- Peruajol188 people
- Gopinathpur186 people
- Moldanga185 people

[All 334 villages in Garbeta - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghagra?195 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghagra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghagra?50.0% (Census 2011)