# Badhie Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Badhie

Badhie is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,742 people in 340 households**, the 18th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,742people (2011)
- 340households
- 86.6%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badhie

Of every 100 households in Badhie in 2011, 64 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Badhie · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**5%

Tap water ****17%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****45%**

**43%

Television ****34%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Badhie?

■ Badhie · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**956

Working population ****35.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 80.4% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (3%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 164 (27%) · **■** Marginal 344 (56%)

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 Contai - I

- Ghatua1,904 people
- Haipur1,823 people
- Paschim Chandanpur1,804 people
- Kapasda1,784 people
- Dakshin Charai Khia1,738 people
- Mukundapur1,726 people
- Rania1,707 people
- Tengunia1,669 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badhie?1,742 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badhie in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badhie?86.6% (Census 2011)