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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Payag

Payag is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,152 people in 248 households**, the 74th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,152people (2011)
- 248households
- 85.6%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payag

Of every 100 households in Payag in 2011, 80 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Payag · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****25%**

**44%

Television ****40%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Payag?

■ Payag · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**942

Working population ****34.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 77.7% for women. 63% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (17%) · **■** Household industry 17 (4%) · **■** Other work 204 (51%) · **■** Marginal 64 (16%)

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

- Amir Chak1,201 people
- Nankar Banka Dangar1,193 people
- Padima Chak1,160 people
- Kaji Chak1,159 people
- Manoharpur1,150 people
- Purbba Manika1,102 people
- Kaliswar1,081 people
- Arisanda991 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payag?1,152 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payag in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payag?85.6% (Census 2011)