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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ektarpur

Ektarpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **659 people in 168 households**, the 97th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 659people (2011)
- 168households
- 92.4%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ektarpur

Of every 100 households in Ektarpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ektarpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****29%**

**43%

Television ****2%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ektarpur?

■ Ektarpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1286**

**956

Working population ****32.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.7% for men and 86.0% for women. 61% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 75 (35%) · **■** Marginal 107 (50%)

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

- Purba Ram Chandra Pur668 people
- Panipia666 people
- Paschim Chechura Put662 people
- Hamirmahal661 people
- Bhuianpada657 people
- Khalisabhanga655 people
- Kandarpapur651 people
- Bhupatinagar637 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 Ektarpur?659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ektarpur?92.4% (Census 2011)