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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Namal

Namal is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **476 people in 99 households**, the 130th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 476people (2011)
- 99households
- 78.4%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namal

Of every 100 households in Namal in 2011, 28 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Namal · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****11%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****14%**

**43%

Television ****5%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****69%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Namal?

■ Namal · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**956

Working population ****37.8%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 70.6% for women. 55% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 27 (15%) · **■** Marginal 146 (81%)

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

- Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai501 people
- Marra490 people
- Nandierya485 people
- Ektarpur Madanmohanbar483 people
- Dakshin Ramchak474 people
- Brajamal472 people
- Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar471 people
- Badalpur 2Nd Part470 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 Namal?476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namal in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Namal?78.4% (Census 2011)