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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Chuaphali

Chuaphali is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **737 people in 158 households**, the 81st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 737people (2011)
- 158households
- 91.8%literacy
- 842females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chuaphali

Of every 100 households in Chuaphali in 2011, 52 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chuaphali · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**91%

Use banking services ****37%**

**43%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Chuaphali?

■ Chuaphali · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.8%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****842**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****745**

**956

Working population ****40.6%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 84.8% for women. 63% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (19%) · **■** Marginal 204 (68%)

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

- Puan Bali Bar758 people
- Dakshin Gopinathpur751 people
- Surundia746 people
- Saheb Khankeranibar745 people
- Dakshin Dauki735 people
- Balbhadrapur732 people
- Subarnadihi732 people
- Kulalpada729 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 Chuaphali?737 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chuaphali in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chuaphali?91.8% (Census 2011)