# Ghoratika Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Ghoratika

Ghoratika is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **595 people in 124 households**, the 59th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 595people (2011)
- 124households
- 54.6%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoratika

Of every 100 households in Ghoratika in 2011, 61 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghoratika · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****13%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ghoratika?

■ Ghoratika · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.6%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**957

Working population ****59.3%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 40.8% for women. 61% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (9%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 287 (81%)

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

- Kumirdih646 people
- Liki636 people
- Kumra631 people
- Tasgan612 people
- Patkita590 people
- Laupal588 people
- Shamnagar576 people
- Dangarjuri566 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoratika?595 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoratika in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoratika?54.6% (Census 2011)