# Ailan Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ailan

Ailan is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,207 people in 257 households**, the 38th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,207people (2011)
- 257households
- 87.8%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ailan

Of every 100 households in Ailan in 2011, 49 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ailan · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**10%

Tap water ****7%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****65%**

**37%

Television ****17%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Ailan?

■ Ailan · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**926

Working population ****54.8%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 82.0% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (24%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 108 (16%) · **■** Marginal 277 (42%)

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 Egra - I

- Tentulia1,279 people
- Hamirjita1,234 people
- Bhatsalia1,231 people
- Kamardiha1,209 people
- Sindwria1,197 people
- Asda Dakshin1,194 people
- Shatkanai1,159 people
- Akandi1,142 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ailan?1,207 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ailan in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ailan?87.8% (Census 2011)