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Puruliya villages

West Bengal · Puruliya · Purulia - II

Ghongha

3,803
people at the 2011 Census · 2,001 male, 1,802 female

Population

Population
3,803India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
62.32%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
76.74%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
46.21%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
30.53 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
901 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
935 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
14.09%India 13.59%
SC %
40.10%India 16.63%
ST %
0.87%India 8.63%
Household
5.80India 4.85

Work

Workers
36.16%India 39.80%
Female Work
17.48%India 25.52%
Main Workers
36.00%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
63.84%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Ghongha in context

With 3,803 people at the 2011 Census, Ghongha was the 56th most populous of its district's 2667 villages, above the district average of 959.

The sex ratio was 901 women per 1,000 men (59 below the district's rural figure of 960).

36.2% of the population were recorded as workers, 8.1 points below the district's rural rate.