# Ayera Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ayera

Ayera is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,133 people in 277 households**, the 59th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,133people (2011)
- 277households
- 62.2%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ayera

Of every 100 households in Ayera in 2011, 32 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ayera · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****8%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Ayera?

■ Ayera · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****724**

**955

Working population ****34.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 59.8% for women. 54% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (5%) · **■** Marginal 93 (24%)

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 Kushmundi

- Kandaha1,194 people
- Nabhor1,187 people
- Durgapur1,185 people
- Samsia1,176 people
- Bhetahar1,088 people
- Amlahar1,069 people
- Bara Damodarpur1,067 people
- Upadail1,057 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ayera?1,133 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ayera in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ayera?62.2% (Census 2011)