# Kanja Gerya Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanja Gerya

Kanja Gerya is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **470 people in 110 households**, the 245th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 470people (2011)
- 110households
- 72.2%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanja Gerya

Of every 100 households in Kanja Gerya in 2011, 95 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanja Gerya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**56%

Tap water ****1%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****62%**

**58%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**18%

Own their home ****89%**

**98%

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 Kanja Gerya?

■ Kanja Gerya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**960

Working population ****43.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 64.2% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (40%) · **■** Household industry 23 (11%) · **■** Other work 13 (6%) · **■** Marginal 45 (22%)

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 Keshpur

- Kharika488 people
- Kuralya482 people
- Mathania482 people
- Lalte Hari472 people
- Lauria468 people
- Naya Gram468 people
- Bairat463 people
- Bara Chand Bar461 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanja Gerya?470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanja Gerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanja Gerya?72.2% (Census 2011)