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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Baguran

Baguran is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **281 people in 63 households**, the 176th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 281people (2011)
- 63households
- 76.4%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baguran

Of every 100 households in Baguran in 2011, 80 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baguran · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****97%**

**43%

Television ****37%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**25%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Baguran?

■ Baguran · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**956

Working population ****39.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 65.5% for women. 66% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 24 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 74 (67%) · **■** Marginal 11 (10%)

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

- Hamirpur287 people
- Raktia286 people
- Murabania284 people
- Badalpur281 people
- Benipur277 people
- Betbani277 people
- Bachhipur Bar271 people
- Chhatradhara260 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 Baguran?281 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baguran in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baguran?76.4% (Census 2011)