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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Pania

Pania is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,497 people in 295 households**, the 29th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,497people (2011)
- 295households
- 81.6%literacy
- 1,001females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pania

Of every 100 households in Pania in 2011, 75 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pania · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**5%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****51%**

**43%

Television ****35%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Pania?

■ Pania · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**956

Working population ****38.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 74.1% for women. 59% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (4%) · **■** Household industry 156 (27%) · **■** Other work 122 (21%) · **■** Marginal 178 (31%)

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

- Tajpur1,616 people
- Raipur1,608 people
- Baguran Jalpai1,573 people
- Krishna Khayartibar1,521 people
- Tentulmuri1,491 people
- Barbarya1,352 people
- Uttarkhasda1,315 people
- Band Gobindapur1,311 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 Pania?1,497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pania in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pania?81.6% (Census 2011)