# Seja Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Seja

Seja is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,531 people in 312 households**, the 32nd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,531people (2011)
- 312households
- 61.6%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Seja

Of every 100 households in Seja in 2011, 25 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Seja · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****9%**

**50%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**21%

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 Seja?

■ Seja · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**937

Working population ****47.8%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 48.0% for women. 53% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 22 (3%) · **■** Marginal 692 (95%)

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 Kashipur

- Sonathol1,586 people
- Chakalta1,538 people
- Jekro Alias Panchagora1,534 people
- Rajra1,532 people
- Kalloli1,524 people
- Kathgora1,453 people
- Rambani1,450 people
- Hadalda1,394 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Seja?1,531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Seja in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Seja?61.6% (Census 2011)