# Gidighati Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Gidighati

Gidighati is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **920 people in 150 households**, the 68th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 920people (2011)
- 150households
- 89.3%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gidighati

Of every 100 households in Gidighati in 2011, 38 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gidighati · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****4%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****41%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gidighati?

■ Gidighati · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**957

Working population ****68.2%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 84.7% for women. 72% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 2 (0%) · **■** Marginal 624 (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 Barabazar

- Sorishabahal958 people
- Chirudih953 people
- Kukurchari940 people
- Muradih924 people
- Khanri Pahari904 people
- Raghunatpur898 people
- Gopalpur Alias Nutandih897 people
- Sachandih892 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gidighati?920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gidighati in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gidighati?89.3% (Census 2011)