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Paya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Paya is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 101 families residing. The Paya village has population of 458 of which 236 are males while 222 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paya village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 9.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paya village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paya as per census is 630, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Paya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paya village was 88.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paya Male literacy stands at 95.22 % while female literacy rate was 82.44 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Paya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Paya village.

Paya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 101 - -
Population 458 236 222
Child (0-6) 44 27 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.89 % 95.22 % 82.44 %
Total Workers 146 139 7
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 16 15 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Paya village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Paya village out of total population, 146 were engaged in work activities. 89.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 146 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.