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Ghatika Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Ghatika is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 306 families residing. The Ghatika village has population of 1318 of which 674 are males while 644 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghatika village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 14.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghatika village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghatika as per census is 990, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ghatika village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghatika village was 54.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ghatika Male literacy stands at 62.11 % while female literacy rate was 45.72 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ghatika 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 Ghatika village.

Ghatika Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 306 - -
Population 1,318 674 644
Child (0-6) 191 96 95
Schedule Caste 714 386 328
Schedule Tribe 430 201 229
Literacy 54.13 % 62.11 % 45.72 %
Total Workers 794 399 395
Main Worker 763 - -
Marginal Worker 31 9 22

Caste Factor

In Ghatika village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.17 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 32.63 % of total population in Ghatika village.

Work Profile

In Ghatika village out of total population, 794 were engaged in work activities. 96.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 794 workers engaged in Main Work, 226 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 525 were Agricultural labourer.