# Atarya Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Atarya

Atarya is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **150 people in 40 households**, the 144th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 150people (2011)
- 40households
- 35.4%literacy
- 1,113females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atarya

Of every 100 households in Atarya in 2011, 18 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Atarya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**67%

Use banking services ****8%**

**43%

Television ****5%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Atarya?

■ Atarya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1113**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**908

Working population ****49.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.7% for men and 25.4% for women. 58% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 73 (99%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Mandi175 people
- Pankua172 people
- Chhota Lachhipur161 people
- Chandipur153 people
- Narayanpur147 people
- Amala Dihi139 people
- Brindabanpur135 people
- Belarmari128 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atarya?150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atarya in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atarya?35.4% (Census 2011)