# Kaya Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kaya

Kaya is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,379 people in 335 households**, the 76th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,379people (2011)
- 335households
- 81.9%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaya

Of every 100 households in Kaya in 2011, 82 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kaya · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**3%

Tap water ****19%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**47%

Television ****46%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Kaya?

■ Kaya · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****36.3%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 71.2% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (32%) · **■** Household industry 18 (4%) · **■** Other work 186 (37%) · **■** Marginal 23 (5%)

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 Gaighata

- Bagoan1,522 people
- Diangamanik1,490 people
- Ramchandrapur1,425 people
- Purandarpur1,417 people
- Gopalpur1,376 people
- Kulghuti1,302 people
- Chhota Sehana1,275 people
- Banglani1,253 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaya?1,379 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaya in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaya?81.9% (Census 2011)