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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dandapur

Dandapur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **387 people in 79 households**, the 154th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 387people (2011)
- 79households
- 80.2%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dandapur

Of every 100 households in Dandapur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dandapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****10%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**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 Dandapur?

■ Dandapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1538**

**956

Working population ****61.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 69.0% for women. 66% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 186 (78%)

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

- Machhalandapur403 people
- Dhangan402 people
- Jamalpur398 people
- Tagaria Gopalpur397 people
- Potapukhuria384 people
- Payrachali382 people
- Baramushapur367 people
- Shribachhipur364 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 Dandapur?387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dandapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dandapur?80.2% (Census 2011)