# Ajra Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Ajra

Ajra is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,345 people in 490 households**, the 35th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 2,345people (2011)
- 490households
- 83.2%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ajra

Of every 100 households in Ajra in 2011, 71 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ajra · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**90%

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

**6%

Tap water ****11%**

**8%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**85%

Use banking services ****37%**

**42%

Television ****43%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**94%

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 Ajra?

■ Ajra · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**948

Working population ****31.9%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 75.4% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (4%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 255 (34%) · **■** Marginal 437 (58%)

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 Mahisadal

- Kismatnai Kundi2,686 people
- Terapara Jalpai2,618 people
- Rangibasan2,570 people
- Gajipur2,413 people
- Gopal Chak2,197 people
- Chandipur2,047 people
- Bholsara2,008 people
- Ektarpur1,983 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ajra?2,345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ajra in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ajra?83.2% (Census 2011)