# Adampur Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Adampur

Adampur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,626 people in 372 households**, the 21st largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,626people (2011)
- 372households
- 80.5%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Adampur

Of every 100 households in Adampur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Adampur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Adampur?

■ Adampur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**948

Working population ****43.9%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 73.0% for women. 57% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (11%) · **■** Household industry 36 (5%) · **■** Other work 146 (20%) · **■** Marginal 229 (32%)

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 - III

- Karalda Nimak Bar1,968 people
- Kushalya1,793 people
- Benyajhi1,736 people
- Sijua1,706 people
- Bidhubahiri1,577 people
- Paschimbatya1,537 people
- Sarpal1,455 people
- Bahitkunda1,437 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Adampur?1,626 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Adampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Adampur?80.5% (Census 2011)