# Ghatbera Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Ghatbera

Ghatbera is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,858 people in 387 households**, the 21st largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,858people (2011)
- 387households
- 39.8%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatbera

Of every 100 households in Ghatbera in 2011, 18 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghatbera · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****8%**

**39%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Ghatbera?

■ Ghatbera · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**939

Working population ****32.4%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.8% for men and 26.3% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 85 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (17%) · **■** Other work 129 (21%) · **■** Marginal 285 (47%)

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 Balarampur

- Chhotagado2,066 people
- Baragado Alias Hetyadih2,009 people
- Supurdi1,961 people
- Garga1,958 people
- Karma1,856 people
- Sagma1,818 people
- Giting Lahar1,797 people
- Salbani1,627 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatbera?1,858 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatbera in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatbera?39.8% (Census 2011)