# Baishata Village, Jaynagar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baishata

Baishata is a village in Jaynagar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,245 people in 1,222 households**, the 13th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 6,245people (2011)
- 1,222households
- 70.4%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baishata

Of every 100 households in Baishata in 2011, 0 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baishata · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**19%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****63%**

**49%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Baishata?

■ Baishata · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**978

Working population ****28.5%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 62.2% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 142 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 458 (26%) · **■** Household industry 55 (3%) · **■** Other work 477 (27%) · **■** Marginal 649 (36%)

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 Jaynagar - II

- Rupnagar8,561 people
- Bhubankhali6,949 people
- Kalinagar6,600 people
- Bijaynagar6,274 people
- Beladurganagar6,106 people
- Jautia5,749 people
- Pat Pukur5,290 people
- Karibaria4,971 people

[All 47 villages in Jaynagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baishata?6,245 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baishata in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baishata?70.4% (Census 2011)