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

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Baya

Baya is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **369 people in 62 households**, the 104th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 369people (2011)
- 62households
- 80.9%literacy
- 827females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baya

Of every 100 households in Baya in 2011, 94 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Baya · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**46%

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

**88%

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

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****40%**

**37%

Television ****31%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**2%

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

**26%

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 Baya?

■ Baya · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****827**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**926

Working population ****38.5%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 73.0% for women. 69% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 11 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (68%) · **■** Other work 34 (24%)

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

- Katabani421 people
- Ghatua393 people
- Chakmurari388 people
- Manoharpur388 people
- Bindha364 people
- Sadarpur364 people
- Biswanathpur353 people
- Hatbarpatna334 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 Baya?369 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baya in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baya?80.9% (Census 2011)