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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Maisali

Maisali is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,002 people in 213 households**, the 57th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,002people (2011)
- 213households
- 92.0%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maisali

Of every 100 households in Maisali in 2011, 61 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maisali · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****17%**

**43%

Television ****40%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Maisali?

■ Maisali · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.0%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1044**

**956

Working population ****33.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 86.3% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 102 (31%) · **■** Marginal 220 (66%)

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

- Hari Pur1,050 people
- Mahishgot1,033 people
- Bahulia1,018 people
- Bhandu Basan1,014 people
- Ugrasenbar991 people
- Gimagere956 people
- Sasania955 people
- Chanddia Dundibar954 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 Maisali?1,002 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maisali in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maisali?92.0% (Census 2011)