# Kajla Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Kajla

Kajla is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,810 people in 350 households**, the 23rd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,810people (2011)
- 350households
- 80.0%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kajla

Of every 100 households in Kajla in 2011, 1 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kajla · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**9%

Tap water ****36%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**88%

Use banking services ****37%**

**35%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Kajla?

■ Kajla · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**949

Working population ****46.4%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 73.2% for women. 57% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (9%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 139 (17%) · **■** Marginal 569 (68%)

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 Deshopran

- Bara Subarnanagar1,871 people
- Dakshin Paikbar1,869 people
- Prakash Kultalia 1st Part1,815 people
- Jhawa1,813 people
- Maishamura1,792 people
- Hinchi1,782 people
- Durgapur1,757 people
- Gobindaberabar1,754 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kajla?1,810 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kajla in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kajla?80.0% (Census 2011)