# Ajodhya Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ajodhya

Ajodhya is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,426 people in 356 households**, the 39th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,426people (2011)
- 356households
- 71.5%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ajodhya

Of every 100 households in Ajodhya in 2011, 44 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ajodhya · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**65%

Tap water ****25%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****18%**

**41%

Television ****39%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Ajodhya?

■ Ajodhya · ■ Balurghat rural average

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

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**965

Working population ****43.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 65.2% for women. 59% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 186 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (26%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 96 (16%) · **■** Marginal 174 (28%)

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 Balurghat

- Sobrasyampur1,495 people
- Radhanagar1,492 people
- Dakshin Khhanpur1,488 people
- Bhushila1,449 people
- Dasul1,397 people
- Kuaran1,381 people
- Hariharpur1,370 people
- Atair1,355 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ajodhya?1,426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ajodhya in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ajodhya?71.5% (Census 2011)