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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Hemantapur

Hemantapur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **698 people in 147 households**, the 96th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 698people (2011)
- 147households
- 85.0%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hemantapur

Of every 100 households in Hemantapur in 2011, 88 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hemantapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**57%

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

**50%

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

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****61%**

**37%

Television ****31%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**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 Hemantapur?

■ Hemantapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.0%**

**81.1%

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

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**959

Working population ****44.8%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 78.5% for women. 65% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 93 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (43%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 83 (27%)

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

- Dhashachandpur728 people
- Prasadchak711 people
- Gopinathpur710 people
- Ghola703 people
- Mamrajpur688 people
- Narayanchak681 people
- Mandarpur677 people
- Shitalpur658 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hemantapur?698 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hemantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hemantapur?85.0% (Census 2011)