# Ghirnigaon Khas Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ghirnigaon Khas

Ghirnigaon Khas is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,300 people in 2,339 households**, the 3rd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 12,300people (2011)
- 2,339households
- 61.6%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghirnigaon Khas

Of every 100 households in Ghirnigaon Khas in 2011, 28 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghirnigaon Khas · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**31%

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

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**64%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**92%

Use banking services ****50%**

**37%

Television ****11%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****49%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Ghirnigaon Khas?

■ Ghirnigaon Khas · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**953

Working population ****27.9%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.1% for men and 54.4% for women. 45% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 980 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 876 (26%) · **■** Household industry 13 (0%) · **■** Other work 1,019 (30%) · **■** Marginal 539 (16%)

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 Chopra

- Chitalghata12,988 people
- Bhotamari12,375 people
- Purbba Chutiakhor12,220 people
- Lakhipur11,383 people
- Bhagabati11,233 people
- Paschim Chutiakhor10,289 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghirnigaon Khas?12,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghirnigaon Khas in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghirnigaon Khas?61.6% (Census 2011)