# Ghoramurga Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Ghoramurga

Ghoramurga is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,246 people in 253 households**, the 14th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,246people (2011)
- 253households
- 63.6%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoramurga

Of every 100 households in Ghoramurga in 2011, 10 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghoramurga · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**37%

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

**13%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**67%

Use banking services ****21%**

**52%

Television ****4%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Ghoramurga?

■ Ghoramurga · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**973

Working population ****57.1%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 40.9% for women. 59% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (7%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 91 (13%) · **■** Marginal 474 (67%)

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 Santuri

- Bheti1,695 people
- Kotaldih1,663 people
- Dandahit1,578 people
- Marbedya1,397 people
- Dumdumi1,244 people
- Kulai1,217 people
- Baghaband1,214 people
- Talberya1,141 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoramurga?1,246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoramurga in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoramurga?63.6% (Census 2011)