Ghatal
Ghatal is a town in Medinipur West district of West Bengal and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Subdivision and Panchayat Samiti of Medinipur West district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Ghatal is 59.6 thousands out of which 30.4 thousands are males and rest 29.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 958 females per 1000 males. There are around 5.4 thousands teenagers in Ghatal. It has literacy rate of 81% which means around 48 thousands persons can read and write. Total 9 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 205 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 12.3 thousands households in Ghatal, which means every family has 5 members on average. The town has working population of 21.6 thousands.
Schools
Ghatal has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Jalsara Ramkrishna High School Upry.
- Rathipur Barada Banipith (High School)
- Mansuka L.N.(High School) School U.Primary
- Natuk Vivekananda Bidyamandir U.Primary
- Chaklachipur H.N.H. Madrasa
Ghatal Panchayat Samiti
Rupa Manna is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Ghatal, who can be contacted at email address savapatighatal@gmail.com and mobile number 96147xxx50. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Sanjib Das, who can be reached at email address bdoghatal@rediffmail.com and mobile number 81590xxx94. The Block address is Ranirbazar, Rathipur, Ghatal, Pincode - 721212. You can reach there by taking a bus till Barda Choukan bus stop which is less than a km away. Ghatal Panchayat Samiti consists of total 12 Gram Panchayat.