# Ajaya Village, Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ajaya

Ajaya is a village in Khejuri - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,632 people in 795 households**, the 12th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.9%.

- 3,632people (2011)
- 795households
- 93.4%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ajaya

Of every 100 households in Ajaya in 2011, 7 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ajaya · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****49%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Ajaya?

■ Ajaya · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.4%**

**88.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**925

Working population ****37.2%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 90.1% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 132 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (13%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 410 (30%) · **■** Marginal 627 (46%)

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 Khejuri - I

- Mohati4,761 people
- Kulta4,576 people
- Herya Atmarampur4,102 people
- Dakshin Kalamdan3,910 people
- Uttar Kalamdan3,468 people
- Kamdeb Nagar3,364 people
- Jarar Nagar3,198 people
- Thakur Nagar3,122 people

[All 42 villages in Khejuri - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ajaya?3,632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ajaya in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ajaya?93.4% (Census 2011)