# Ghagra Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghagra

Ghagra is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,185 people in 258 households**, the 54th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 1,185people (2011)
- 258households
- 93.5%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghagra

Of every 100 households in Ghagra in 2011, 82 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghagra · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**90%

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

**6%

Tap water ****85%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**85%

Use banking services ****59%**

**42%

Television ****57%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**28%

Own their home ****93%**

**94%

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 Ghagra?

■ Ghagra · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.5%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**948

Working population ****32.3%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.5% for men and 89.3% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (13%) · **■** Household industry 24 (6%) · **■** Other work 236 (62%) · **■** Marginal 73 (19%)

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 Mahisadal

- Uttar Kasim Nagar1,319 people
- Deulpota1,317 people
- Dwari Berya Chak1,303 people
- Chak Gajipur1,213 people
- Ghasipur1,169 people
- Sar Berya1,163 people
- Goyal Berya1,150 people
- Pahlanpur1,096 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghagra?1,185 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghagra in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghagra?93.5% (Census 2011)