# Ghongha Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Ghongha

Ghongha is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,803 people in 656 households**, the 4th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 3,803people (2011)
- 656households
- 62.3%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghongha

Of every 100 households in Ghongha in 2011, 24 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghongha · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****54%**

**41%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ghongha?

■ Ghongha · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**966

Working population ****36.2%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 46.2% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (5%) · **■** Household industry 54 (4%) · **■** Other work 257 (19%) · **■** Marginal 880 (64%)

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 Purulia - II

- Chharra6,131 people
- Sihuli4,551 people
- Bongabari4,215 people
- Dumdumi3,768 people
- Mahara3,367 people
- Malthol3,289 people
- Baghra3,221 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghongha?3,803 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghongha in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghongha?62.3% (Census 2011)