# Ghera Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ghera

Ghera is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,180 people in 467 households**, the 40th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,180people (2011)
- 467households
- 63.4%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghera

Of every 100 households in Ghera in 2011, 29 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghera · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**96%

Use banking services ****23%**

**16%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ghera?

■ Ghera · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**955

Working population ****32.2%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 55.2% for women. 50% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 299 (43%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (14%) · **■** Marginal 152 (22%)

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 Itahar

- Kurmanpur2,263 people
- Bimalpara2,231 people
- Durgapur2,191 people
- Parbbatipur2,189 people
- Bhadrashila2,166 people
- Ghritatala2,133 people
- Bhatingaon2,116 people
- Manainagar2,085 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghera?2,180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghera in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghera?63.4% (Census 2011)