# Beja Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Beja

Beja is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,882 people in 473 households**, the 14th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,882people (2011)
- 473households
- 71.5%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beja

Of every 100 households in Beja in 2011, 50 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Beja · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****4%**

**23%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**41%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Beja?

■ Beja · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**963

Working population ****66.5%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 65.2% for women. 70% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 163 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (23%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 138 (11%) · **■** Marginal 653 (52%)

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 Mayureswar - II

- Kushtor2,459 people
- Bara Akulpur2,224 people
- Kamarhati2,096 people
- Birnagar1,931 people
- Chaulja1,729 people
- Chhamna1,727 people
- Kundala1,723 people
- Jhalka1,659 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beja?1,882 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beja in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beja?71.5% (Census 2011)