# Kotalpur Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Kotalpur

Kotalpur is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **488 people in 103 households**, the 89th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 488people (2011)
- 103households
- 83.6%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotalpur

Of every 100 households in Kotalpur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotalpur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****18%**

**30%

Television ****28%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**28%

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 Kotalpur?

■ Kotalpur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**925

Working population ****34.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 77.3% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 43 (26%) · **■** Marginal 95 (57%)

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 Chandipur

- Kushalpur538 people
- Narghat Urf Sripatiganj536 people
- Rajarmapur518 people
- Gourchak505 people
- Gilakhali485 people
- Juktibasan473 people
- Makarajpur420 people
- Bajabaria408 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotalpur?488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotalpur?83.6% (Census 2011)