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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dulalpur

Dulalpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,191 people in 280 households**, the 40th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,191people (2011)
- 280households
- 87.7%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dulalpur

Of every 100 households in Dulalpur in 2011, 75 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dulalpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**5%

Tap water ****7%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**91%

Use banking services ****55%**

**43%

Television ****45%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Dulalpur?

■ Dulalpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**956

Working population ****47.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 82.8% for women. 64% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (4%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 368 (65%) · **■** Marginal 124 (22%)

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

- Beltalya1,257 people
- Daudpur1,242 people
- Alalpur1,196 people
- Kulbaria1,194 people
- Rani Basan1,167 people
- Krishnachak1,158 people
- Karanji1,141 people
- Durgapur1,127 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 Dulalpur?1,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dulalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dulalpur?87.7% (Census 2011)