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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Kaya

Kaya is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,013 people in 238 households**, the 111th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,013people (2011)
- 238households
- 86.6%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaya

Of every 100 households in Kaya in 2011, 78 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kaya · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**36%

Television ****35%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**15%

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 Kaya?

■ Kaya · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**949

Working population ****40.5%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 78.1% for women. 63% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (15%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (15%) · **■** Marginal 170 (41%)

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

- Rajsahar1,026 people
- Dakshin Maynadal1,024 people
- Gaurangapur1,020 people
- Maguri Uttarsai1,020 people
- Talitya999 people
- Paobanki974 people
- Mohanpur958 people
- Nilmaniram Chak931 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaya?1,013 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaya in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaya?86.6% (Census 2011)