# Ghastoria Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Ghastoria

Ghastoria is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **761 people in 172 households**, the 62nd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 761people (2011)
- 172households
- 70.5%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghastoria

Of every 100 households in Ghastoria in 2011, 10 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghastoria · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****6%**

**89%

Use banking services ****5%**

**31%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**29%

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 Ghastoria?

■ Ghastoria · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**62.6%

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

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**939

Working population ****50.1%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 53.7% for women. 52% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 368 (97%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Nipenya791 people
- Kadlagora776 people
- Dumaria767 people
- Behanchabari761 people
- Sukapata742 people
- Chapati734 people
- Baliguma733 people
- Gobindapur725 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghastoria?761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghastoria in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghastoria?70.5% (Census 2011)