# Ghanta Shala Village, Ramnagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ghanta Shala

Ghanta Shala is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **688 people in 154 households**, the 88th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 688people (2011)
- 154households
- 81.7%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghanta Shala

Of every 100 households in Ghanta Shala in 2011, 40 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghanta Shala · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****64%**

**51%

Television ****17%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghanta Shala?

■ Ghanta Shala · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**929

Working population ****29.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 75.6% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (20%) · **■** Other work 64 (32%) · **■** Marginal 60 (30%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Bandhmuri750 people
- Jhaugerya746 people
- Jagadishpur718 people
- Jamra Shyampur702 people
- Akna674 people
- Kshirpal671 people
- Kashipur661 people
- Rautrapur653 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghanta Shala?688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghanta Shala in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghanta Shala?81.7% (Census 2011)