# Ghatual Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghatual

Ghatual is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **794 people in 189 households**, the 93rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 794people (2011)
- 189households
- 81.5%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatual

Of every 100 households in Ghatual in 2011, 81 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghatual · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****58%**

**39%

Television ****31%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Ghatual?

■ Ghatual · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**940

Working population ****39.8%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 74.9% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (17%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 100 (32%) · **■** Marginal 67 (21%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Mansantosh896 people
- Rautari870 people
- Kumarpur845 people
- Mallick Chak812 people
- Panch Berya768 people
- Purushottampur767 people
- Bidyadharpur655 people
- Chak Simultala623 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatual?794 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatual in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatual?81.5% (Census 2011)