Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur
# Sankarkundi

Sankarkundi is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 411 people in 89 households, the 146th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.
- 411 people (2011)
- 89 households
- 92.2% literacy
- 986 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankarkundi

Of every 100 households in Sankarkundi in 2011, 39 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankarkundi · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 39% 51%
- Toilet within the home 90% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 9% 5%
- Tap water 100% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 91%
- Use banking services 50% 43%
- Television 16% 18%
- Mobile phone 25% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 1% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 20% 25%
- Own their home 100% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sankarkundi?

■ Sankarkundi · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 92.2% 89.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 986 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 667 956
- Working population 31.9% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 87.0% for women. 60% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 34 (26%) · ■ Farm labourers 70 (53%) · ■ Other work 14 (11%) · ■ Marginal 13 (10%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - I
- Chandanpur 422 people
- Bara Rammaiti Bar 421 people
- Adambar 414 people
- Gopalpur 414 people
- Siria 410 people
- Hugli 407 people
- Erya Gobindapur 405 people
- Machhalandapur 403 people

All 225 villages in Contai - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sankarkundi? 411 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankarkundi in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankarkundi? 92.2% (Census 2011)

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