# Kaijalia Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Kaijalia

Kaijalia is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,150 people in 934 households**, the 6th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 4,150people (2011)
- 934households
- 80.1%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaijalia

Of every 100 households in Kaijalia in 2011, 85 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kaijalia · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**34%

Tap water ****14%**

**31%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**75%

Use banking services ****30%**

**47%

Television ****33%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**83%

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 Kaijalia?

■ Kaijalia · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**940

Working population ****48.5%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 74.6% for women. 54% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 499 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (1%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 248 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1,225 (61%)

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 Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Rimbick6,980 people
- Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden6,236 people
- Bijanbari5,338 people
- Tukvar Tea Garden4,791 people
- Pandam Tea Garden3,959 people
- Kankibong3,765 people
- Soom Tea Garden3,578 people
- Relling3,568 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaijalia?4,150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaijalia in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaijalia?80.1% (Census 2011)