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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Jamalpur

Jamalpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **398 people in 98 households**, the 152nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 398people (2011)
- 98households
- 91.9%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamalpur

Of every 100 households in Jamalpur in 2011, 67 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamalpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****27%**

**43%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Jamalpur?

■ Jamalpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.9%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**956

Working population ****31.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.9% for men and 85.4% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 20 (16%) · **■** Marginal 88 (69%)

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

- Hugli407 people
- Erya Gobindapur405 people
- Machhalandapur403 people
- Dhangan402 people
- Tagaria Gopalpur397 people
- Dandapur387 people
- Potapukhuria384 people
- Payrachali382 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 Jamalpur?398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamalpur?91.9% (Census 2011)