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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Mukundapur

Mukundapur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,726 people in 385 households**, the 20th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,726people (2011)
- 385households
- 93.5%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mukundapur

Of every 100 households in Mukundapur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mukundapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**51%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****53%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Mukundapur?

■ Mukundapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.5%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**956

Working population ****41.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.3% for men and 88.2% for women. 62% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (12%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 228 (32%) · **■** Marginal 321 (45%)

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

- Paschim Chandanpur1,804 people
- Kapasda1,784 people
- Badhie1,742 people
- Dakshin Charai Khia1,738 people
- Rania1,707 people
- Tengunia1,669 people
- Samudrapur1,653 people
- Junbani1,637 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 Mukundapur?1,726 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mukundapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mukundapur?93.5% (Census 2011)