Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur
# Mankarai Put

Mankarai Put is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 250 people in 56 households, the 181st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.
- 250 people (2011)
- 56 households
- 88.1% literacy
- 773 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mankarai Put

Of every 100 households in Mankarai Put in 2011, 52 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mankarai Put · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 52% 51%
- Toilet within the home 86% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 2% 5%
- Tap water 0% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 91%
- Use banking services 19% 43%
- Television 12% 18%
- Mobile phone 35% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 27% 25%
- Own their home 100% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Mankarai Put?

■ Mankarai Put · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 88.1% 89.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 773 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 632 956
- Working population 30.8% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 80.4% for women. 50% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 4 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 39 (51%) · ■ Other work 29 (38%) · ■ Marginal 5 (6%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - I
- Benipur 277 people
- Betbani 277 people
- Bachhipur Bar 271 people
- Chhatradhara 260 people
- Baidyaharana 247 people
- Raghu Sardar Bar 238 people
- Jharkoshbar 233 people
- Uttar Bahulia 232 people

All 225 villages in Contai - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Mankarai Put? 250 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mankarai Put in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mankarai Put? 88.1% (Census 2011)

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