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

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gaighata

Gaighata is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **148 people in 34 households**, the 382nd largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 148people (2011)
- 34households
- 72.9%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaighata

Of every 100 households in Gaighata in 2011, 76 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaighata · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****27%**

**61%

Television ****24%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Gaighata?

■ Gaighata · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**942

Working population ****50.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 64.5% for women. 57% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (24%) · **■** Other work 8 (11%) · **■** Marginal 39 (52%)

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 Narayangarh

- Kotal Chak151 people
- Dakshin Lohapur150 people
- Kalyan Chak150 people
- Chaksiru148 people
- Ela147 people
- Gobindapur147 people
- Chak Uddhab Rakshit146 people
- Gobindapur146 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaighata?148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaighata in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaighata?72.9% (Census 2011)