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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Raktia

Raktia is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **286 people in 64 households**, the 173rd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 286people (2011)
- 64households
- 91.2%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raktia

Of every 100 households in Raktia in 2011, 86 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raktia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****13%**

**91%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Raktia?

■ Raktia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.2%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**956

Working population ****26.6%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 86.6% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (18%) · **■** Marginal 53 (70%)

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

- Kandarapur Sanniyasi Bar290 people
- Akgerya289 people
- Gobindapur287 people
- Hamirpur287 people
- Murabania284 people
- Badalpur281 people
- Baguran281 people
- Benipur277 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 Raktia?286 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raktia in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raktia?91.2% (Census 2011)