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Ghatua Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Ghatua is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 406 families residing. The Ghatua village has population of 1904 of which 979 are males while 925 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghatua village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 10.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghatua village is 945 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghatua as per census is 990, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ghatua village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghatua village was 93.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ghatua Male literacy stands at 97.04 % while female literacy rate was 89.47 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ghatua village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Ghatua village.

Ghatua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 406 - -
Population 1,904 979 925
Child (0-6) 199 100 99
Schedule Caste 476 250 226
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 93.37 % 97.04 % 89.47 %
Total Workers 628 581 47
Main Worker 572 - -
Marginal Worker 56 49 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.05 % of total population in Ghatua village.

Work Profile

In Ghatua village out of total population, 628 were engaged in work activities. 91.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 628 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 295 were Agricultural labourer.