# Ghrita Kham Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ghrita Kham

Ghrita Kham is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **692 people in 139 households**, the 48th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 692people (2011)
- 139households
- 60.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghrita Kham

Of every 100 households in Ghrita Kham in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghrita Kham · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**17%

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 Ghrita Kham?

■ Ghrita Kham · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**979

Working population ****66.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 54.0% for women. 66% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 29 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (44%) · **■** Marginal 228 (50%)

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

- Pathra718 people
- Jitusol712 people
- Lohamelya700 people
- Chenchur-Gerya697 people
- Betkundari670 people
- Golbandhi669 people
- Jaynagar666 people
- Lalbana664 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghrita Kham?692 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghrita Kham in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghrita Kham?60.3% (Census 2011)