# Agaya Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Agaya

Agaya is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,187 people in 233 households**, the 42nd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,187people (2011)
- 233households
- 54.2%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agaya

Of every 100 households in Agaya in 2011, 33 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Agaya · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**92%

Tap water ****98%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****12%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Agaya?

■ Agaya · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**969

Working population ****53.7%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 38.7% for women. 55% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 313 (49%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 118 (18%)

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 Puncha

- Dharampur1,298 people
- Chandatiri1,264 people
- Bharatdi1,238 people
- Kendadi1,236 people
- Bhutam1,139 people
- Kundhurka1,121 people
- Gangadi999 people
- Balakdi982 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agaya?1,187 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agaya in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Agaya?54.2% (Census 2011)