# Ghurachak Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ghurachak

Ghurachak is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,120 people in 257 households**, the 48th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,120people (2011)
- 257households
- 70.2%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghurachak

Of every 100 households in Ghurachak in 2011, 83 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghurachak · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**32%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Ghurachak?

■ Ghurachak · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**968

Working population ****30.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 56.3% for women. 49% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (20%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (6%) · **■** Marginal 177 (51%)

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 Midnapore

- Bishripat1,188 people
- Kakhua1,168 people
- Harishpur1,159 people
- Goaldanga1,135 people
- Juarhati1,102 people
- Nepura1,044 people
- Bhaluk Khulya1,034 people
- Shrirampur1,024 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghurachak?1,120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghurachak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghurachak?70.2% (Census 2011)