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

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mayna

Mayna is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,663 people in 390 households**, the 68th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,663people (2011)
- 390households
- 76.9%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mayna

Of every 100 households in Mayna in 2011, 58 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mayna · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**46%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**91%

Use banking services ****23%**

**47%

Television ****30%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mayna?

■ Mayna · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**965

Working population ****40.0%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 70.3% for women. 65% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 166 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 357 (54%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 76 (11%) · **■** Marginal 56 (8%)

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

- Naigachhi1,720 people
- Goal Bathan1,712 people
- Gopal Baliadanga1,707 people
- Jadabpur1,688 people
- Saruipur1,659 people
- Garjala1,632 people
- Sergar1,618 people
- Bagoan1,522 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 Mayna?1,663 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mayna in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mayna?76.9% (Census 2011)