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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Panipia

Panipia is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **666 people in 168 households**, the 94th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 666people (2011)
- 168households
- 88.5%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panipia

Of every 100 households in Panipia in 2011, 31 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panipia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**91%

Use banking services ****3%**

**43%

Television ****2%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****72%**

**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 Panipia?

■ Panipia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**956

Working population ****39.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 83.7% for women. 65% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 109 (41%) · **■** Marginal 73 (27%)

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

- Raipur Paschimbar685 people
- Paschim Jagannathchak674 people
- Laskar Pada672 people
- Purba Ram Chandra Pur668 people
- Paschim Chechura Put662 people
- Hamirmahal661 people
- Ektarpur659 people
- Bhuianpada657 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 Panipia?666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panipia in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panipia?88.5% (Census 2011)