# Ghora Basan Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/ghora-basan/

Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghora Basan

Ghora Basan is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **245 people in 57 households**, the 128th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 245people (2011)
- 57households
- 81.6%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghora Basan

Of every 100 households in Ghora Basan in 2011, 38 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghora Basan · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**5%

Tap water ****7%**

**10%

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

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****20%**

**36%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Ghora Basan?

■ Ghora Basan · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**86.5%

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

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****571**

**943

Working population ****33.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 72.1% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Marginal 83 (100%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Chak Charani260 people
- Khatibar260 people
- Chaksrihari259 people
- Purbeshwarpur248 people
- Chhayghari240 people
- Agarbheri Benachal210 people
- Chak Maruj195 people
- Ballavpur178 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghora Basan?245 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghora Basan in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghora Basan?81.6% (Census 2011)