# Ajodhya Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Ajodhya

Ajodhya is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **664 people in 131 households**, the 104th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 664people (2011)
- 131households
- 66.6%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ajodhya

Of every 100 households in Ajodhya in 2011, 23 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ajodhya · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****29%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**957

Working population ****61.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 51.0% for women. 63% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (22%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 248 (61%)

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 Barabazar

- Siarketya685 people
- Dhabera682 people
- Kansbahal676 people
- Bhelaidih666 people
- Purihasa660 people
- Bhabanipur659 people
- Banabir656 people
- Dhanara652 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ajodhya?664 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ajodhya in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ajodhya?66.6% (Census 2011)