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

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Aruyan

Aruyan is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **934 people in 204 households**, the 56th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 934people (2011)
- 204households
- 84.5%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aruyan

Of every 100 households in Aruyan in 2011, 53 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Aruyan · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**10%

Tap water ****47%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****37%**

**37%

Television ****24%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Aruyan?

■ Aruyan · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1160**

**926

Working population ****38.0%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 76.5% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (29%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 136 (38%) · **■** Marginal 83 (23%)

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

- Hansaria945 people
- Nehalia944 people
- Tahalia944 people
- Dhusarda940 people
- Kain Thor911 people
- Amedpur903 people
- Bilchaulda895 people
- Malida867 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 Aruyan?934 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aruyan in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aruyan?84.5% (Census 2011)