# Agraiya Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Agraiya

Agraiya is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,266 people in 312 households**, the 43rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,266people (2011)
- 312households
- 91.1%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agraiya

Of every 100 households in Agraiya in 2011, 6 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Agraiya · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****8%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****21%**

**36%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Agraiya?

■ Agraiya · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.1%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**943

Working population ****36.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 85.3% for women. 64% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 39 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (5%) · **■** Marginal 398 (86%)

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 - II

- Baraudaypur1,551 people
- Babuidanri1,502 people
- Krishnapur1,456 people
- Chakrasul1,268 people
- Samashpur1,253 people
- Braja Kishorpur1,248 people
- Dhusurda1,237 people
- Baman Bar1,230 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agraiya?1,266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agraiya in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Agraiya?91.1% (Census 2011)