# Gholda Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Gholda

Gholda is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,001 people in 232 households**, the 65th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,001people (2011)
- 232households
- 85.2%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gholda

Of every 100 households in Gholda in 2011, 38 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gholda · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**30%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gholda?

■ Gholda · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**925

Working population ****33.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 77.5% for women. 52% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (25%) · **■** Household industry 42 (13%) · **■** Other work 80 (24%) · **■** Marginal 102 (31%)

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 Chandipur

- Chak Patna1,054 people
- Nankar Chak1,027 people
- Purba Birampur1,026 people
- Chak Purulia1,022 people
- Dalbar976 people
- Pinchhalda955 people
- Burunda886 people
- Uttar Iswarpur885 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gholda?1,001 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gholda in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gholda?85.2% (Census 2011)