# Ghaghra Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Ghaghra

Ghaghra is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **478 people in 108 households**, the 71st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 478people (2011)
- 108households
- 52.8%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghaghra

Of every 100 households in Ghaghra in 2011, 62 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghaghra · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****12%**

**5%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****2%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ghaghra?

■ Ghaghra · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**957

Working population ****51.0%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 33.5% for women. 58% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 232 (95%)

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 Bundwan

- Shalidih547 people
- Asanpani503 people
- Sirugaru496 people
- Shalbani489 people
- Mahulabana472 people
- Jobnagora468 people
- Bhasamkata457 people
- Chhotakaram447 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghaghra?478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghaghra in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghaghra?52.8% (Census 2011)