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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Raipur

Raipur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,608 people in 372 households**, the 26th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,608people (2011)
- 372households
- 82.6%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raipur

Of every 100 households in Raipur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raipur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**51%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**5%

Tap water ****94%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****59%**

**43%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Raipur?

■ Raipur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**956

Working population ****32.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 76.7% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (19%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 197 (38%) · **■** Marginal 122 (24%)

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

- Tengunia1,669 people
- Samudrapur1,653 people
- Junbani1,637 people
- Tajpur1,616 people
- Baguran Jalpai1,573 people
- Krishna Khayartibar1,521 people
- Pania1,497 people
- Tentulmuri1,491 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 Raipur?1,608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raipur?82.6% (Census 2011)