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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kaitalia

Kaitalia is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **821 people in 170 households**, the 72nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 821people (2011)
- 170households
- 89.4%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaitalia

Of every 100 households in Kaitalia in 2011, 70 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kaitalia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****99%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**91%

Use banking services ****95%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Kaitalia?

■ Kaitalia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**956

Working population ****30.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 82.8% for women. 53% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (61%) · **■** Other work 59 (24%) · **■** Marginal 19 (8%)

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

- Rangamalput865 people
- Bankaberya851 people
- Raghusardar Bar Jalpai824 people
- Rautara822 people
- Kachua799 people
- Badalpur790 people
- Nimdasbar790 people
- Purushottampur Puridasbar767 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 Kaitalia?821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaitalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaitalia?89.4% (Census 2011)