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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Payradwip

Payradwip is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **543 people in 97 households**, the 121st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 543people (2011)
- 97households
- 79.8%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payradwip

Of every 100 households in Payradwip in 2011, 86 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Payradwip · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****33%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Payradwip?

■ Payradwip · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**956

Working population ****46.6%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 72.7% for women. 56% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 31 (12%) · **■** Other work 32 (13%) · **■** Marginal 190 (75%)

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

- Tagria556 people
- Uttar Charai Khia553 people
- Shilampur548 people
- Laudanda543 people
- Fatepur520 people
- Dhaneshwari512 people
- Sekh kochbar510 people
- Baghmari502 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 Payradwip?543 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payradwip in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payradwip?79.8% (Census 2011)