# Payasti Katiganga Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Payasti Katiganga

Payasti Katiganga is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **231 people in 48 households**, the 114th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 231people (2011)
- 48households
- 62.0%literacy
- 848females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payasti Katiganga

Of every 100 households in Payasti Katiganga in 2011, 42 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Payasti Katiganga · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**57%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****48%**

**38%

Television ****12%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Payasti Katiganga?

■ Payasti Katiganga · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****848**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**960

Working population ****35.9%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 52.7% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 36 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 39 (47%) · **■** Marginal 6 (7%)

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 Murshidabad Jiaganj

- Mirpur342 people
- Chaipara325 people
- Arazi Saikuli275 people
- Fauzbag250 people
- Kanchannagar229 people
- Bhartadoba191 people
- Chandabag149 people
- Pashchim Gobindapur144 people

[All 132 villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-jiaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payasti Katiganga?231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payasti Katiganga in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payasti Katiganga?62.0% (Census 2011)