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

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Gilakhali

Gilakhali is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **485 people in 98 households**, the 90th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 485people (2011)
- 98households
- 90.1%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gilakhali

Of every 100 households in Gilakhali in 2011, 83 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gilakhali · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**30%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Gilakhali?

■ Gilakhali · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**925

Working population ****38.8%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 86.4% for women. 60% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (10%) · **■** Other work 103 (55%) · **■** Marginal 63 (34%)

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

- Narghat Urf Sripatiganj536 people
- Rajarmapur518 people
- Gourchak505 people
- Kotalpur488 people
- Juktibasan473 people
- Makarajpur420 people
- Bajabaria408 people
- Gopalpur404 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gilakhali?485 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gilakhali in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gilakhali?90.1% (Census 2011)