# Kanchra Gerya Village, Contai - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanchra Gerya

Kanchra Gerya is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,073 people in 211 households**, the 48th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,073people (2011)
- 211households
- 81.8%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchra Gerya

Of every 100 households in Kanchra Gerya in 2011, 25 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanchra Gerya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****4%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****4%**

**43%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**25%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Kanchra Gerya?

■ Kanchra Gerya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**956

Working population ****36.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 73.2% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 149 (38%) · **■** Marginal 114 (29%)

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

- Durgapur1,127 people
- Pota Pokhuria Anantarautba1,103 people
- Kholanashwari1,082 people
- Syamrai Bar1,074 people
- Akandi1,068 people
- Paschim Rasulpur1,063 people
- Betgerya1,055 people
- Gamartalia1,050 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 Kanchra Gerya?1,073 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchra Gerya in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchra Gerya?81.8% (Census 2011)