# Ghatua Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghatua

Ghatua is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **393 people in 81 households**, the 101st largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 393people (2011)
- 81households
- 41.8%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatua

Of every 100 households in Ghatua in 2011, 100 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghatua · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**10%

Tap water ****8%**

**12%

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

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**37%

Television ****0%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

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 Ghatua?

■ Ghatua · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.8%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**926

Working population ****32.8%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.8% for men and 30.3% for women. 50% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (11%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 72 (56%) · **■** Marginal 28 (22%)

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 Egra - I

- Hatbar433 people
- Baharda429 people
- Ulua427 people
- Katabani421 people
- Chakmurari388 people
- Manoharpur388 people
- Baya369 people
- Bindha364 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatua?393 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatua in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatua?41.8% (Census 2011)