# Machhalandapur Village, Contai - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Machhalandapur

Machhalandapur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **403 people in 86 households**, the 150th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 403people (2011)
- 86households
- 86.5%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Machhalandapur

Of every 100 households in Machhalandapur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Machhalandapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****95%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Machhalandapur?

■ Machhalandapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.5%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**956

Working population ****32.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 82.9% for women. 59% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 11 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (51%) · **■** Other work 53 (41%)

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

- Sankarkundi411 people
- Siria410 people
- Hugli407 people
- Erya Gobindapur405 people
- Dhangan402 people
- Jamalpur398 people
- Tagaria Gopalpur397 people
- Dandapur387 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 Machhalandapur?403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machhalandapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Machhalandapur?86.5% (Census 2011)