# Gaja Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gaja

Gaja is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,924 people in 896 households**, the 7th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,924people (2011)
- 896households
- 75.2%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaja

Of every 100 households in Gaja in 2011, 52 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaja · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**44%

Tap water ****76%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****41%**

**46%

Television ****31%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gaja?

■ Gaja · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**981

Working population ****37.8%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 71.8% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 104 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 236 (16%) · **■** Household industry 110 (7%) · **■** Other work 569 (38%) · **■** Marginal 463 (31%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Burul7,014 people
- Telari4,937 people
- Baratala4,595 people
- Muchisha4,023 people
- Bahirkunji3,666 people
- Sahebanumedpur3,658 people
- Banaraypur3,272 people
- Kalinagar3,055 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaja?3,924 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaja in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaja?75.2% (Census 2011)