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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Prasadchak

Prasadchak is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **711 people in 156 households**, the 93rd largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 711people (2011)
- 156households
- 85.0%literacy
- 847females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Prasadchak

Of every 100 households in Prasadchak in 2011, 96 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Prasadchak · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**37%

Television ****28%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Prasadchak?

■ Prasadchak · ■ Ghatal rural average

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

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****847**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**959

Working population ****40.4%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 74.0% for women. 68% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 139 (48%) · **■** 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 Ghatal

- Balaramga753 people
- Kamdebpur753 people
- Amodarkul750 people
- Dhashachandpur728 people
- Gopinathpur710 people
- Ghola703 people
- Hemantapur698 people
- Mamrajpur688 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Prasadchak?711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Prasadchak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Prasadchak?85.0% (Census 2011)