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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Baghmari

Baghmari is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **502 people in 110 households**, the 125th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 502people (2011)
- 110households
- 85.3%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baghmari

Of every 100 households in Baghmari in 2011, 97 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baghmari · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**5%

Tap water ****50%**

**11%

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

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****54%**

**43%

Television ****28%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baghmari?

■ Baghmari · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1368**

**956

Working population ****30.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 79.7% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (7%) · **■** Household industry 7 (5%) · **■** Other work 98 (64%) · **■** Marginal 35 (23%)

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

- Payradwip543 people
- Fatepur520 people
- Dhaneshwari512 people
- Sekh kochbar510 people
- Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai501 people
- Marra490 people
- Nandierya485 people
- Ektarpur Madanmohanbar483 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 Baghmari?502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghmari in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baghmari?85.3% (Census 2011)