# Ghatak Pukur Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghatak Pukur

Ghatak Pukur is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,048 people in 1,027 households**, the 8th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 5,048people (2011)
- 1,027households
- 77.9%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatak Pukur

Of every 100 households in Ghatak Pukur in 2011, 77 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ghatak Pukur · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**37%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**92%

Use banking services ****38%**

**28%

Television ****34%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

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

**23%

Own their home ****91%**

**97%

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 Ghatak Pukur?

■ Ghatak Pukur · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**962

Working population ****30.6%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 73.1% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 356 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 242 (16%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 840 (54%) · **■** Marginal 83 (5%)

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 Bhangar - I

- Chak Barali5,978 people
- Bodra5,324 people
- Dhara5,231 people
- Erenda5,097 people
- Satbaria5,019 people
- Chandaneswar4,980 people
- Kashinathpur4,688 people
- Khar Gachhi4,673 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatak Pukur?5,048 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatak Pukur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatak Pukur?77.9% (Census 2011)