# Ghorabandha Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Ghorabandha

Ghorabandha is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,274 people in 713 households**, the 6th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 3,274people (2011)
- 713households
- 53.3%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghorabandha

Of every 100 households in Ghorabandha in 2011, 20 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghorabandha · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****17%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****30%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Ghorabandha?

■ Ghorabandha · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**951

Working population ****57.6%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 39.5% for women. 59% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 246 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 304 (16%) · **■** Household industry 37 (2%) · **■** Other work 341 (18%) · **■** Marginal 958 (51%)

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 Bagmundi

- Sindri4,138 people
- Baghmundi4,035 people
- Barria3,982 people
- Birgram3,722 people
- Bhursu3,096 people
- Madla3,070 people
- Gobindapur3,064 people
- Suisa2,649 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghorabandha?3,274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghorabandha in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghorabandha?53.3% (Census 2011)