# Gaighata Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gaighata

Gaighata is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **416 people in 83 households**, the 275th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 416people (2011)
- 83households
- 87.4%literacy
- 1,080females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaighata

Of every 100 households in Gaighata in 2011, 1 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gaighata · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**56%

Tap water ****5%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****78%**

**58%

Television ****27%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

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 Gaighata?

■ Gaighata · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**960

Working population ****32.9%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 80.7% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (38%) · **■** Other work 19 (14%) · **■** Marginal 47 (34%)

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 Keshpur

- Jambani420 people
- Brahman Gerya419 people
- Hatkata417 people
- Tanthua417 people
- Jagannathpur Kismat415 people
- Keshur Gerya414 people
- Teghara414 people
- Kusumdahari411 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaighata?416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaighata in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaighata?87.4% (Census 2011)