# Contai Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Contai

Contai is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,044 people in 245 households**, the 58th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,044people (2011)
- 245households
- 65.4%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Contai

Of every 100 households in Contai in 2011, 15 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Contai · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****45%**

**62%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Contai?

■ Contai · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**963

Working population ****37.7%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 54.2% for women. 60% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (11%) · **■** Marginal 317 (80%)

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 Dantan - I

- Satsanda1,091 people
- Singda1,091 people
- Urisal1,078 people
- Janadighi1,072 people
- Jayrampur1,037 people
- Moyarui1,018 people
- Banskuni1,014 people
- Kajipara1,002 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Contai?1,044 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Contai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Contai?65.4% (Census 2011)