# Uttar Charai Khia Village, Contai - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttar Charai Khia

Uttar Charai Khia is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **553 people in 120 households**, the 118th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 553people (2011)
- 120households
- 93.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Charai Khia

Of every 100 households in Uttar Charai Khia in 2011, 42 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Charai Khia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****32%**

**43%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**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 Uttar Charai Khia?

■ Uttar Charai Khia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1296**

**956

Working population ****37.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.5% for men and 88.2% for women. 70% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 116 (56%) · **■** Marginal 12 (6%)

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

- Subdi574 people
- Gagannathpur Ist Part572 people
- Gopal Pur 2Nd Part557 people
- Tagria556 people
- Shilampur548 people
- Laudanda543 people
- Payradwip543 people
- Fatepur520 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 Uttar Charai Khia?553 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Charai Khia in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Charai Khia?93.7% (Census 2011)