# Ghorajaygir Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ghorajaygir

Ghorajaygir is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **274 people in 55 households**, the 238th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 274people (2011)
- 55households
- 80.9%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghorajaygir

Of every 100 households in Ghorajaygir in 2011, 57 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghorajaygir · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****16%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

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 Ghorajaygir?

■ Ghorajaygir · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**979

Working population ****51.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 74.3% for women. 64% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (13%) · **■** Marginal 59 (42%)

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 Jhargram

- Balijuri284 people
- Pindra Kuli283 people
- Kamar Bandi279 people
- Lalbagh276 people
- Gujidam270 people
- Ganthabila269 people
- Tutuhya266 people
- Khas Jangal264 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghorajaygir?274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghorajaygir in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghorajaygir?80.9% (Census 2011)