# Alui Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Alui

Alui is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,627 people in 355 households**, the 51st largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,627people (2011)
- 355households
- 72.9%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alui

Of every 100 households in Alui in 2011, 20 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alui · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****66%**

**37%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Alui?

■ Alui · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1178**

**959

Working population ****39.4%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 65.6% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (20%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (13%) · **■** Marginal 351 (55%)

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 Ghatal

- Marichya1,695 people
- Baghanala1,692 people
- Kotalpur1,675 people
- Haridaspur1,673 people
- Bhagirathpur1,608 people
- Nirmalbazar1,597 people
- Amarpur Raghunathpur1,583 people
- Jaykunda1,571 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alui?1,627 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alui in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alui?72.9% (Census 2011)