# 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 **640 people in 131 households**, the 102nd largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 640people (2011)
- 131households
- 89.5%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Prasadchak

Of every 100 households in Prasadchak in 2011, 23 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Prasadchak · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****15%**

**37%

Television ****8%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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+) ****89.5%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1156**

**959

Working population ****57.3%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 82.9% for women. 59% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 187 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 170 (46%)

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

- Narayanchak681 people
- Mandarpur677 people
- Shitalpur658 people
- Krishnaballabhpur646 people
- Chaulisinghapur615 people
- Jaynagar598 people
- Bar Gobinda590 people
- Udayganj586 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Prasadchak?640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Prasadchak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Prasadchak?89.5% (Census 2011)