# Kontai Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kontai

Kontai is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,102 people in 405 households**, the 19th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 2,102people (2011)
- 405households
- 77.4%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kontai

Of every 100 households in Kontai in 2011, 86 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kontai · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**42%

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

**56%

Tap water ****2%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****84%**

**58%

Television ****19%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**18%

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 Kontai?

■ Kontai · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**960

Working population ****45.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 69.1% for women. 59% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 379 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (13%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (8%) · **■** Marginal 347 (37%)

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 Keshpur

- Manjuria2,309 people
- Shankhapur2,243 people
- Doge Chhya2,193 people
- Tal Kunai2,131 people
- Golar2,023 people
- Sarisha Khola1,957 people
- Kalagram1,937 people
- Bejara1,825 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kontai?2,102 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kontai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kontai?77.4% (Census 2011)