# Purba Jaynagar Village, Baduria – Population & Literacy

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Jaynagar

Purba Jaynagar is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,461 people in 855 households**, the 33rd largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 3,461people (2011)
- 855households
- 72.0%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Jaynagar

Of every 100 households in Purba Jaynagar in 2011, 41 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Jaynagar · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**81%

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

**16%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**35%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****59%**

**57%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Purba Jaynagar?

■ Purba Jaynagar · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**960

Working population ****48.7%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 65.7% for women. 64% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 216 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 497 (29%) · **■** Household industry 36 (2%) · **■** Other work 322 (19%) · **■** Marginal 614 (36%)

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

- Raghunathpur3,709 people
- Arsula3,630 people
- Kirttipur3,568 people
- Paschim Jaynagar3,513 people
- Rajbaria3,448 people
- Bajitpur3,399 people
- Ishwarigachha3,137 people
- Jadurhati3,106 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 Purba Jaynagar?3,461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Jaynagar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Jaynagar?72.0% (Census 2011)