# Kajlia Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kajlia

Kajlia is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **616 people in 138 households**, the 95th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 616people (2011)
- 138households
- 89.6%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kajlia

Of every 100 households in Kajlia in 2011, 81 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kajlia · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****57%**

**46%

Television ****37%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****7%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Kajlia?

■ Kajlia · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**932

Working population ****39.9%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 84.3% for women. 66% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (12%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 41 (17%) · **■** Marginal 48 (20%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Machhranka Nankar637 people
- Ram Basan633 people
- Ramchandrapur632 people
- Rupa Dighi618 people
- Sahdatpur610 people
- Kakurya Danga598 people
- Joykrishnapur592 people
- Mahespur579 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kajlia?616 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kajlia in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kajlia?89.6% (Census 2011)