Overview
Ghatal is a Municipality city in district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Ghatal city is divided into 17 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Ghatal Municipality has population of 54,591 of which 27,882 are males while 26,709 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 5399 which is 9.89 % of total population of Ghatal (M). In Ghatal Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 958 against state average of 950. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Ghatal is around 939 compared to West Bengal state average of 956. Literacy rate of Ghatal city is 89.48 % higher than state average of 76.26 %. In Ghatal, Male literacy is around 94.14 % while female literacy rate is 84.62 %.
Ghatal Municipality has total administration over 11,303 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Ghatal Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.34 % of total population in Ghatal (M).
Ghatal Work Profile
Out of total population, 19,764 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 17,119 were males while 2,645 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 19764 working population, 90.75 % were engaged in Main Work while 9.25 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Ghatal 2022 Population
The next census for Ghatal Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2022 are estimates only.