Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur
# Baguran Jalpai

Baguran Jalpai is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,573 people in 345 households, the 27th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.
- 1,573 people (2011)
- 345 households
- 87.2% literacy
- 930 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baguran Jalpai

Of every 100 households in Baguran Jalpai in 2011, 27 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baguran Jalpai · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 27% 51%
- Toilet within the home 99% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 5%
- Tap water 0% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 56% 43%
- Television 12% 18%
- Mobile phone 53% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 5% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 14% 25%
- Own their home 99% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Baguran Jalpai?

■ Baguran Jalpai · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 87.2% 89.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 930 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1058 956
- Working population 35.3% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 80.5% for women. 65% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 256 (46%) · ■ Farm labourers 36 (6%) · ■ Other work 140 (25%) · ■ Marginal 124 (22%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - I
- Samudrapur 1,653 people
- Junbani 1,637 people
- Tajpur 1,616 people
- Raipur 1,608 people
- Krishna Khayartibar 1,521 people
- Pania 1,497 people
- Tentulmuri 1,491 people
- Barbarya 1,352 people

All 225 villages in Contai - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Baguran Jalpai? 1,573 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baguran Jalpai in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baguran Jalpai? 87.2% (Census 2011)

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