Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur
# Ajodhyapur

Ajodhyapur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 705 people in 154 households, the 82nd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.
- 705 people (2011)
- 154 households
- 86.9% literacy
- 969 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ajodhyapur

Of every 100 households in Ajodhyapur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ajodhyapur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 73% 39%
- Toilet within the home 90% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 10% 4%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 36% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 90% 95%
- Use banking services 51% 46%
- Television 16% 12%
- Mobile phone 35% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 0%
- None of these assets 20% 30%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ajodhyapur?

■ Ajodhyapur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.9% 86.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 969 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 865 932
- Working population 53.0% 42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 81.0% for women. 60% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 90 (24%) · ■ Farm labourers 81 (22%) · ■ Household industry 6 (2%) · ■ Other work 34 (9%) · ■ Marginal 163 (44%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I
- Sanmaji Gaon 747 people
- Pandua Para 746 people
- Bhadna 742 people
- Godai Bheri 708 people
- Madhupur 704 people
- Kanta Pukuria 696 people
- Basudebpur 693 people
- Kutubpur 690 people

All 139 villages in Potashpur - I

## Other places named Ajodhyapur
- Ajodhyapur · Village, Jagatsinghapur, Jagatsinghapur · 588 people
- Ajodhyapur · Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur · 448 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Ajodhyapur? 705 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ajodhyapur in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ajodhyapur? 86.9% (Census 2011)

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