# Gholai Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gholai

Gholai is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **349 people in 76 households**, the 85th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 349people (2011)
- 76households
- 85.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gholai

Of every 100 households in Gholai in 2011, 96 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gholai · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****25%**

**43%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Gholai?

■ Gholai · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****522**

**946

Working population ****34.4%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 79.2% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 91 (76%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (12%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 10 (8%)

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 Mohanpur

- Sandapura396 people
- Nakudebeli393 people
- Ichhanagari364 people
- Dirbbanagar350 people
- Bhandaripatna348 people
- Sagra342 people
- Gobindapur340 people
- Bagpatta291 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gholai?349 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gholai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gholai?85.7% (Census 2011)