# Payer Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Payer

Payer is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,385 people in 556 households**, the 21st largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,385people (2011)
- 556households
- 68.3%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payer

Of every 100 households in Payer in 2011, 60 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Payer · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**68%

Tap water ****76%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**83%

Use banking services ****52%**

**42%

Television ****31%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Payer?

■ Payer · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**947

Working population ****47.8%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 60.4% for women. 56% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 433 (38%) · **■** Household industry 77 (7%) · **■** Other work 221 (19%) · **■** Marginal 337 (30%)

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 Illambazar

- Tikarbeta2,552 people
- Beloa2,515 people
- Chhatar Bandi2,415 people
- Hansra2,386 people
- Shirsha2,319 people
- Delora2,261 people
- Khayerbani2,185 people
- Chunpalashi2,172 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payer?2,385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payer in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payer?68.3% (Census 2011)