# Menjua Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Menjua

Menjua is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **452 people in 80 households**, the 119th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 452people (2011)
- 80households
- 67.4%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Menjua

Of every 100 households in Menjua in 2011, 20 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Menjua · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**40%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**67%

Use banking services ****4%**

**43%

Television ****8%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Menjua?

■ Menjua · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**908

Working population ****31.4%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 52.3% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 81 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (10%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 37 (26%)

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

- Shimlagar502 people
- Arjunpur476 people
- Sudarshanpur468 people
- Sankarara465 people
- Brahmanara450 people
- Gobardhanpur450 people
- Suarara449 people
- Chhota Kumira416 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Menjua?452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Menjua in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Menjua?67.4% (Census 2011)