# Mayda Village, Jaynagar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mayda

Mayda is a village in Jaynagar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,736 people in 606 households**, the 23rd largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 2,736people (2011)
- 606households
- 72.5%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mayda

Of every 100 households in Mayda in 2011, 55 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mayda · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**66%

Tap water ****7%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**96%

Use banking services ****43%**

**19%

Television ****49%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**49%

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 Mayda?

■ Mayda · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**69.1%

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

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**978

Working population ****36.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 67.1% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 44 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (9%) · **■** Household industry 30 (3%) · **■** Other work 477 (48%) · **■** Marginal 351 (35%)

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

- Purba Raghunathpur4,575 people
- Taranagar4,340 people
- Dashra Bhagabanpur3,214 people
- Paschim Tentulbaria2,754 people
- Baidya Chak2,699 people
- Phutigoda2,654 people
- Khania Sahazadapur2,539 people
- Kalikapur2,491 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 Mayda?2,736 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mayda in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mayda?72.5% (Census 2011)