# Ajodhya Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Ajodhya

Ajodhya is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,648 people in 327 households**, the 28th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,648people (2011)
- 327households
- 50.7%literacy
- 852females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ajodhya

Of every 100 households in Ajodhya in 2011, 9 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ajodhya · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**91%

Tap water ****4%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****40%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**27%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Ajodhya?

■ Ajodhya · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****852**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**951

Working population ****46.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 32.2% for women. 58% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 330 (43%) · **■** Marginal 380 (49%)

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 Bagmundi

- Raydi1,874 people
- Sosokhas1,820 people
- Atna1,751 people
- Sopa1,674 people
- Parsa1,614 people
- Patardi1,609 people
- Tarang1,597 people
- Ekra1,575 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ajodhya?1,648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ajodhya in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ajodhya?50.7% (Census 2011)