Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur
# Aluan

Aluan is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 649 people in 123 households, the 87th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.
- 649 people (2011)
- 123 households
- 86.8% literacy
- 892 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aluan

Of every 100 households in Aluan in 2011, 18 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aluan · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Electricity for lighting 18% 40%
- Toilet within the home 98% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 2% 4%
- Tap water 0% 20%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 8% 42%
- Television 2% 14%
- Mobile phone 87% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 5% 27%
- Own their home 100% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Aluan?

■ Aluan · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.8% 89.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 892 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 721 948
- Working population 56.9% 41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 81.5% for women. 64% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 14 (4%) · ■ Farm labourers 163 (44%) · ■ Household industry 7 (2%) · ■ Other work 34 (9%) · ■ Marginal 151 (41%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - III
- Shibpur Betalya 697 people
- Dahalauda 693 people
- Bara Naoai 691 people
- Raghunadanpur 651 people
- Maheshdas Bar Baibartta Chak 645 people
- Belda 638 people
- Harigechhya 637 people
- Dewan Chak 614 people

All 166 villages in Contai - III

## Other places named Aluan
- Aluan · Village, Rajpura, Patiala · 1,313 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Aluan? 649 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aluan in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aluan? 86.8% (Census 2011)

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