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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Sitalpur

Sitalpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **700 people in 145 households**, the 88th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 700people (2011)
- 145households
- 77.7%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sitalpur

Of every 100 households in Sitalpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sitalpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****28%**

**43%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sitalpur?

■ Sitalpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**956

Working population ****44.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 68.4% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 58 (19%) · **■** Marginal 221 (71%)

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

- Subarnadihi732 people
- Kulalpada729 people
- Jagannathpur 2Nd Part716 people
- Barachun Fali704 people
- Dakshin Rampur685 people
- Raipur Paschimbar685 people
- Paschim Jagannathchak674 people
- Laskar Pada672 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 Sitalpur?700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sitalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sitalpur?77.7% (Census 2011)