# Ghagra Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ghagra

Ghagra is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,324 people in 283 households**, the 38th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,324people (2011)
- 283households
- 72.8%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghagra

Of every 100 households in Ghagra in 2011, 24 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghagra · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**67%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****2%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ghagra?

■ Ghagra · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**955

Working population ****45.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 65.9% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 64 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 445 (73%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 79 (13%)

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 Hemtabad

- Basudebpur1,502 people
- Mahipur1,421 people
- Mahajambari1,391 people
- Anantakota1,354 people
- Tilan1,323 people
- Raghugaon1,298 people
- Giashil1,282 people
- Baharail1,243 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghagra?1,324 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghagra in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghagra?72.8% (Census 2011)