# Gajna Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Gajna

Gajna is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **545 people in 135 households**, the 175th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 545people (2011)
- 135households
- 87.9%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajna

Of every 100 households in Gajna in 2011, 84 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gajna · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****32%**

**36%

Television ****29%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gajna?

■ Gajna · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**949

Working population ****45.0%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 81.5% for women. 54% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (18%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (20%) · **■** Marginal 87 (36%)

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 Panskura

- Amdubi565 people
- Hariharpur564 people
- Gobindapur560 people
- Dharmmapur554 people
- Alugram544 people
- Raisanda544 people
- Paschim Arjjunda532 people
- Tikarpara530 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajna?545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajna in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gajna?87.9% (Census 2011)