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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gimagere

Gimagere is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **956 people in 181 households**, the 59th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 956people (2011)
- 181households
- 77.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gimagere

Of every 100 households in Gimagere in 2011, 46 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gimagere · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**5%

Tap water ****60%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**43%

Television ****27%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**25%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Gimagere?

■ Gimagere · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**956

Working population ****27.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 72.3% for women. 43% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (15%) · **■** Household industry 10 (4%) · **■** Other work 145 (55%) · **■** Marginal 56 (21%)

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

- Bahulia1,018 people
- Bhandu Basan1,014 people
- Maisali1,002 people
- Ugrasenbar991 people
- Sasania955 people
- Chanddia Dundibar954 people
- Pailachhanpur923 people
- Eryafatepur912 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 Gimagere?956 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gimagere in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gimagere?77.5% (Census 2011)