# Ghorakata Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Ghorakata

Ghorakata is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **354 people in 59 households**, the 153rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 354people (2011)
- 59households
- 68.3%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghorakata

Of every 100 households in Ghorakata in 2011, 26 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghorakata · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****97%**

**50%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ghorakata?

■ Ghorakata · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**937

Working population ****37.9%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 54.5% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (13%) · **■** Other work 35 (26%) · **■** Marginal 64 (48%)

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 Kashipur

- Kharnni373 people
- Rampur371 people
- Shyambathan364 people
- Pathariagora355 people
- Chaka353 people
- Sihika352 people
- Sunra348 people
- Dumdapahari342 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghorakata?354 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghorakata in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghorakata?68.3% (Census 2011)