# Ghikhali Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghikhali

Ghikhali is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,677 people in 525 households**, the 29th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,677people (2011)
- 525households
- 67.2%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghikhali

Of every 100 households in Ghikhali in 2011, 3 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghikhali · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**41%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****8%**

**12%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**47%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ghikhali?

■ Ghikhali · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**961

Working population ****36.8%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 61.1% for women. 52% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (19%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 92 (9%) · **■** Marginal 594 (60%)

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 Canning - II

- Hediar Abad3,183 people
- Chengdona3,065 people
- Parganti2,781 people
- Deuli2,753 people
- Jibantala2,355 people
- Sastakhali2,325 people
- Paina2,314 people
- Kaluakhali2,226 people

[All 61 villages in Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghikhali?2,677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghikhali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghikhali?67.2% (Census 2011)