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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Palta Beria

Palta Beria is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **901 people in 182 households**, the 66th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 901people (2011)
- 182households
- 80.5%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palta Beria

Of every 100 households in Palta Beria in 2011, 56 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palta Beria · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****40%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****9%**

**43%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**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 Palta Beria?

■ Palta Beria · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****712**

**956

Working population ****30.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 71.7% for women. 56% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (33%) · **■** Other work 91 (33%) · **■** Marginal 82 (30%)

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

- Pailachhanpur923 people
- Eryafatepur912 people
- Irda903 people
- Damudarpur901 people
- Deshdatta Bar885 people
- Rangamalput865 people
- Bankaberya851 people
- Raghusardar Bar Jalpai824 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 Palta Beria?901 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palta Beria in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Palta Beria?80.5% (Census 2011)