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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Majna

Majna is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,653 people in 908 households**, the 1st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 4,653people (2011)
- 908households
- 80.8%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majna

Of every 100 households in Majna in 2011, 57 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Majna · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****51%**

**43%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Majna?

■ Majna · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**956

Working population ****33.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 73.7% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 416 (27%) · **■** Household industry 196 (13%) · **■** Other work 531 (34%) · **■** Marginal 269 (17%)

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

- Badalpur 1St Part3,980 people
- Srirampur3,274 people
- Tedubi3,083 people
- Majila Pur2,937 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 Majna?4,653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majna in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majna?80.8% (Census 2011)