# Monai Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Monai

Monai is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **954 people in 231 households**, the 68th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 954people (2011)
- 231households
- 57.6%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Monai

Of every 100 households in Monai in 2011, 28 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Monai · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****10%**

**57%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**95%

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 Monai?

■ Monai · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**961

Working population ****49.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 48.3% for women. 64% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 285 (61%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 17 (4%) · **■** Marginal 95 (20%)

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 Sainthia

- Belia972 people
- Bhabanipur965 people
- Goraipur961 people
- Konarpur958 people
- Uttar Gobindapur954 people
- Kanduri941 people
- Panrui923 people
- Melanpur922 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Monai?954 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Monai in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Monai?57.6% (Census 2011)