# Media Village, Baduria – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Media

Media is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,227 people in 549 households**, the 53rd largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 2,227people (2011)
- 549households
- 89.2%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Media

Of every 100 households in Media in 2011, 46 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Media · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**16%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**35%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****60%**

**57%

Television ****34%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Media?

■ Media · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****745**

**960

Working population ****33.8%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 85.0% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 215 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (23%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 307 (41%) · **■** Marginal 45 (6%)

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 Baduria

- Atlia2,364 people
- Nowapara2,357 people
- Umapatipur2,309 people
- Hugle2,237 people
- Magurali2,149 people
- Magurati Shrirampur2,080 people
- Ramchandrapur Khaspur2,078 people
- Papila2,004 people

[All 96 villages in Baduria](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/baduria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Media?2,227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Media in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Media?89.2% (Census 2011)