# Ghatishal Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ghatishal

Ghatishal is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **378 people in 78 households**, the 160th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 378people (2011)
- 78households
- 65.6%literacy
- 1,054females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghatishal

Of every 100 households in Ghatishal in 2011, 24 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghatishal · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**20%

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 Ghatishal?

■ Ghatishal · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1054**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1652**

**969

Working population ****46.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 55.1% for women. 65% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (35%) · **■** Other work 72 (41%) · **■** Marginal 31 (18%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Maljum393 people
- Uttar Durgapur389 people
- Khail385 people
- Bansihara381 people
- Balahar371 people
- Bimalpara370 people
- Baje Dhabail367 people
- Jugipukur367 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghatishal?378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghatishal in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghatishal?65.6% (Census 2011)