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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kandarpapur

Kandarpapur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **651 people in 145 households**, the 100th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 651people (2011)
- 145households
- 91.5%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandarpapur

Of every 100 households in Kandarpapur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandarpapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****100%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kandarpapur?

■ Kandarpapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.5%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**956

Working population ****31.8%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 85.3% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Household industry 31 (15%) · **■** Other work 70 (34%) · **■** Marginal 12 (6%)

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

- Hamirmahal661 people
- Ektarpur659 people
- Bhuianpada657 people
- Khalisabhanga655 people
- Bhupatinagar637 people
- Haripur624 people
- Ramchandrapur622 people
- Lachhanpur620 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 Kandarpapur?651 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandarpapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kandarpapur?91.5% (Census 2011)