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

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Batia

Batia is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **664 people in 145 households**, the 90th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 664people (2011)
- 145households
- 94.3%literacy
- 850females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Batia

Of every 100 households in Batia in 2011, 7 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Batia · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**5%

Tap water ****12%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**24%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****65%**

**36%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**21%

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 Batia?

■ Batia · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****850**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**943

Working population ****39.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.7% for men and 89.2% for women. 63% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 55 (21%) · **■** Marginal 202 (78%)

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

- Khatuabar706 people
- Erabar704 people
- Patna699 people
- Dakshin Burijor685 people
- Haripur653 people
- Buran652 people
- Chak Kandu634 people
- Kamalpur632 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 Batia?664 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batia in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Batia?94.3% (Census 2011)