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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Alampur

Alampur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **561 people in 109 households**, the 99th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 561people (2011)
- 109households
- 89.9%literacy
- 827females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alampur

Of every 100 households in Alampur in 2011, 90 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alampur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**40%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****100%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****62%**

**42%

Television ****28%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Alampur?

■ Alampur · ■ Contai - III rural average

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

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****827**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**948

Working population ****57.4%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 83.3% for women. 62% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (13%) · **■** Other work 153 (48%) · **■** Marginal 91 (28%)

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

- Haibatpur589 people
- Barabari577 people
- Olmaidal Bar577 people
- Uttar Ektarpur565 people
- Rasulpur561 people
- Dakshin Kancheswar557 people
- Phaodar Chak555 people
- Bahulya548 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 Alampur?561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alampur?89.9% (Census 2011)