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

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Paita

Paita is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,113 people in 519 households**, the 28th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,113people (2011)
- 519households
- 79.2%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paita

Of every 100 households in Paita in 2011, 73 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paita · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**44%

Tap water ****94%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**25%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****45%**

**46%

Television ****54%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Paita?

■ Paita · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**79.0%

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

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**981

Working population ****35.0%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 71.7% for women. 61% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 148 (20%) · **■** Household industry 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 249 (34%) · **■** Marginal 241 (33%)

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

- Ghanasyambati2,162 people
- Chak Bansbaria2,144 people
- Satgachhia2,129 people
- Majherhat2,123 people
- Brindabanpur2,086 people
- Itali1,986 people
- Chak Daulat1,835 people
- Dosatina1,825 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 Paita?2,113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paita in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paita?79.2% (Census 2011)