Ghatketia Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ghatketia is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 45 families residing. The Ghatketia village has population of 233 of which 130 are males while 103 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghatketia village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 14.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghatketia village is 792 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghatketia as per census is 941, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ghatketia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghatketia village was 46.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ghatketia Male literacy stands at 59.29 % while female literacy rate was 29.89 %.

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

Ghatketia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	45	-	-
Population	233	130	103
Child (0-6)	33	17	16
Schedule Caste	198	110	88
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	46.50 %	59.29 %	29.89 %
Total Workers	89	67	22
Main Worker	3	-	-
Marginal Worker	86	65	21

Caste Factor

In Ghatketia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 84.98 % of total population in Ghatketia village. The village Ghatketia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghatketia village out of total population, 89 were engaged in work activities. 3.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 89 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.