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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Brajamal

Brajamal is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **472 people in 101 households**, the 132nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 472people (2011)
- 101households
- 93.4%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brajamal

Of every 100 households in Brajamal in 2011, 91 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Brajamal · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****31%**

**43%

Television ****34%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Brajamal?

■ Brajamal · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**956

Working population ****29.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 86.8% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (53%) · **■** Marginal 65 (47%)

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

- Nandierya485 people
- Ektarpur Madanmohanbar483 people
- Namal476 people
- Dakshin Ramchak474 people
- Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar471 people
- Badalpur 2Nd Part470 people
- Batipur461 people
- Jamna Madhusudan Bar454 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 Brajamal?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brajamal in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brajamal?93.4% (Census 2011)