Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur
# Pather Ghata

Pather Ghata is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 430 people in 103 households, the 140th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.
- 430 people (2011)
- 103 households
- 96.0% literacy
- 894 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pather Ghata

Of every 100 households in Pather Ghata in 2011, 76 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pather Ghata · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 76% 51%
- Toilet within the home 85% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 11% 5%
- Tap water 0% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 91%
- Use banking services 77% 43%
- Television 43% 18%
- Mobile phone 35% 46%
- Computer with internet 3% 1%
- Two-wheeler 4% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 24% 25%
- Own their home 93% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Pather Ghata?

■ Pather Ghata · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 96.0% 89.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 894 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 956
- Working population 28.4% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.0% for men and 93.8% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Farm labourers 15 (12%) · ■ Other work 20 (16%) · ■ Marginal 87 (71%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - I
- Jamna Madhusudan Bar 454 people
- Analberya 453 people
- Saria 447 people
- Janubasan 445 people
- Damodarpur 426 people
- Chandanpur 422 people
- Bara Rammaiti Bar 421 people
- Adambar 414 people

All 225 villages in Contai - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Pather Ghata? 430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pather Ghata in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pather Ghata? 96.0% (Census 2011)

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