# Agaya Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Agaya

Agaya is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **753 people in 140 households**, the 97th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 753people (2011)
- 140households
- 73.9%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agaya

Of every 100 households in Agaya in 2011, 37 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Agaya · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**34%

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

**11%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**80%

Use banking services ****28%**

**68%

Television ****14%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**954

Working population ****35.3%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 59.5% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (21%) · **■** Household industry 16 (6%) · **■** Other work 43 (16%) · **■** Marginal 98 (37%)

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 Chhatna

- Upargara766 people
- Mantumura759 people
- Bhalai Diha757 people
- Kallaiberia755 people
- Alutia751 people
- Hetyatora745 people
- Beliara741 people
- Chhata Pathar739 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agaya?753 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agaya in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Agaya?73.9% (Census 2011)