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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Sasania

Sasania is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **955 people in 216 households**, the 60th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 955people (2011)
- 216households
- 89.9%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sasania

Of every 100 households in Sasania in 2011, 82 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sasania · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**5%

Tap water ****99%**

**11%

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

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****11%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sasania?

■ Sasania · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.9%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**956

Working population ****35.6%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 83.5% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 43 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 114 (34%) · **■** Marginal 137 (40%)

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

- Bhandu Basan1,014 people
- Maisali1,002 people
- Ugrasenbar991 people
- Gimagere956 people
- Chanddia Dundibar954 people
- Pailachhanpur923 people
- Eryafatepur912 people
- Irda903 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 Sasania?955 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sasania in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sasania?89.9% (Census 2011)