# Maitya Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Maitya

Maitya is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **300 people in 74 households**, the 133rd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 300people (2011)
- 74households
- 65.4%literacy
- 818females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maitya

Of every 100 households in Maitya in 2011, 90 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maitya · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**75%

Use banking services ****92%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Maitya?

■ Maitya · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****818**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****619**

**948

Working population ****45.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 41.8% for women. 59% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 23 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (14%) · **■** Other work 19 (14%) · **■** Marginal 75 (55%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Mach Doba323 people
- Rajgola322 people
- Basu Nandanpur315 people
- Kanaipur310 people
- Bhabanipur298 people
- Chaulya295 people
- Shuksayer283 people
- Mathurabati250 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maitya?300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maitya in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maitya?65.4% (Census 2011)