# Agaya Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Agaya

Agaya is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **912 people in 193 households**, the 37th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 912people (2011)
- 193households
- 76.3%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agaya

Of every 100 households in Agaya in 2011, 39 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Agaya · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****47%**

**68%

Use banking services ****51%**

**35%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****83%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Agaya?

■ Agaya · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****785**

**961

Working population ****35.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 62.2% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (19%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 159 (50%) · **■** Marginal 28 (9%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bankura - I

- Manoharpur971 people
- Bolara927 people
- Jambuni920 people
- Rasunkur919 people
- Pura Mouli864 people
- Amlatara863 people
- Nandigram855 people
- Baindhka847 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agaya?912 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agaya in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Agaya?76.3% (Census 2011)