# Ghol Pukurya Village, Nandigram - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghol Pukurya

Ghol Pukurya is a village in Nandigram - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,053 people in 1,592 households**, the 4th largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.1%.

- 7,053people (2011)
- 1,592households
- 89.2%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghol Pukurya

Of every 100 households in Ghol Pukurya in 2011, 26 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghol Pukurya · ■ Nandigram - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**37%

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

**94%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****59%**

**40%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Ghol Pukurya?

■ Ghol Pukurya · ■ Nandigram - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**89.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**933

Working population ****35.6%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 83.7% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 385 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 574 (23%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 539 (21%) · **■** Marginal 995 (40%)

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 Nandigram - II

- Amda Bad10,833 people
- Kamalpur7,815 people
- Khodambari7,359 people
- Birulia6,744 people
- Subdi5,615 people
- Bayal5,543 people
- Amratalya5,287 people

[All 40 villages in Nandigram - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghol Pukurya?7,053 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghol Pukurya in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghol Pukurya?89.2% (Census 2011)