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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Menakapur

Menakapur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,244 people in 647 households**, the 6th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 3,244people (2011)
- 647households
- 80.3%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Menakapur

Of every 100 households in Menakapur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Menakapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****23%**

**62%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Menakapur?

■ Menakapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**963

Working population ****34.2%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 74.7% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 196 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (2%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 278 (25%) · **■** Marginal 598 (54%)

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

- Shalikota4,327 people
- Kakrajit4,203 people
- Dakshin Arbana3,445 people
- Chak Ismailpur3,403 people
- Monoharpur2,884 people
- Raybar Uttar2,814 people
- Bhabanipur2,801 people
- Tarrui2,682 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 Menakapur?3,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Menakapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Menakapur?80.3% (Census 2011)