# Gajna Village, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gajna

Gajna is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **297 people in 59 households**, the 297th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 297people (2011)
- 59households
- 74.9%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajna

Of every 100 households in Gajna in 2011, 97 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gajna · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****97%**

**61%

Television ****31%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gajna?

■ Gajna · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**942

Working population ****42.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 60.5% for women. 59% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (6%) · **■** Other work 57 (46%) · **■** Marginal 59 (47%)

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 Narayangarh

- Chanswarpur304 people
- Beli Pania302 people
- Kagli301 people
- Chak Palasia298 people
- Saguna294 people
- Jatya290 people
- Raghuramchak287 people
- Hetedan286 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajna?297 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajna in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gajna?74.9% (Census 2011)