# Betgerya, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Betgerya

Betgerya is a village in [Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,055 people in 226 households**, the 51st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,055people (2011)
- 226households
- 89.4%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Betgerya

Of every 100 households in Betgerya in 2011, 63 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Betgerya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****48%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****51%**

**91%

Use banking services ****48%**

**43%

Television ****23%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Betgerya?

■ Betgerya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**956

Working population ****30.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 84.1% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (53%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 106 (33%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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

- Syamrai Bar1,074 people
- Kanchra Gerya1,073 people
- Akandi1,068 people
- Paschim Rasulpur1,063 people
- Gamartalia1,050 people
- Hari Pur1,050 people
- Mahishgot1,033 people
- Bahulia1,018 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 Betgerya?1,055 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Betgerya in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Betgerya?89.4% (Census 2011)