# Gaighata Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) (4)

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gaighata

Gaighata is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **159 people in 32 households**, the 301st largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 159people (2011)
- 32households
- 50.0%literacy
- 1,120females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaighata

Of every 100 households in Gaighata in 2011, 47 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaighata · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**16%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**52%

Television ****47%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**15%

Own their home ****84%**

**96%

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 · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1120**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2167**

**991

Working population ****44.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.5% for men and 43.7% for women. 68% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 24 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (54%) · **■** Marginal 9 (13%)

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 Salbani

- Chensol165 people
- Saraswatipur163 people
- Bamunband160 people
- Jamdoba160 people
- Dhadkidanga156 people
- Raysingher Bagicha156 people
- Maldiha155 people
- Radhamohanpur155 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaighata?159 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaighata in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaighata?50.0% (Census 2011)