# Ghatakpur Village, Magrahat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ghatakpur

Ghatakpur is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,459 people in 511 households**, the 35th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 2,459people (2011)
- 511households
- 78.3%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatakpur

Of every 100 households in Ghatakpur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Ghatakpur · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****48%**

**33%

Television ****26%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghatakpur?

■ Ghatakpur · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**983

Working population ****31.9%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 71.4% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (6%) · **■** Household industry 36 (5%) · **■** Other work 273 (35%) · **■** Marginal 404 (51%)

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 Magrahat - I

- Chak Haturia2,778 people
- Ektara2,604 people
- Malaya2,557 people
- Jalghara2,545 people
- Chak Raypur2,437 people
- Payra Chali2,420 people
- Bahir Gachhi2,409 people
- Chak Debughosh2,401 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatakpur?2,459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatakpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatakpur?78.3% (Census 2011)