# Kayadangi Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Kayadangi

Kayadangi is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,874 people in 425 households**, the 52nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,874people (2011)
- 425households
- 78.1%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kayadangi

Of every 100 households in Kayadangi in 2011, 17 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kayadangi · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**44%

Television ****10%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Kayadangi?

■ Kayadangi · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1254**

**942

Working population ****32.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 67.7% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (7%) · **■** Household industry 46 (8%) · **■** Other work 147 (24%) · **■** Marginal 335 (55%)

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 Kolaghat

- Durbachati1,968 people
- Kanai Chak1,964 people
- Kunarhat1,933 people
- Dhuliara1,899 people
- Gopal Nagar1,860 people
- Nijkhayra1,829 people
- Baishnab Chak1,760 people
- Sarada Basan1,666 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kayadangi?1,874 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kayadangi in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kayadangi?78.1% (Census 2011)