Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur
# Bagha Danri

Bagha Danri is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 899 people in 177 households, the 59th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.
- 899 people (2011)
- 177 households
- 86.5% literacy
- 905 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagha Danri

Of every 100 households in Bagha Danri in 2011, 56 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bagha Danri · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Electricity for lighting 56% 40%
- Toilet within the home 99% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 4%
- Tap water 93% 20%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 92%
- Use banking services 36% 42%
- Television 13% 14%
- Mobile phone 50% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 16% 27%
- Own their home 99% 94%

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

## What is the population of Bagha Danri?

■ Bagha Danri · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.5% 89.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 905 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 868 948
- Working population 35.8% 41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 78.7% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 24 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 50 (16%) · ■ Household industry 8 (2%) · ■ Other work 120 (37%) · ■ Marginal 120 (37%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - III
- Kurkraul 952 people
- Siuli Bar 937 people
- Barchun Para 928 people
- Paschim Fatepur 925 people
- Marisi 891 people
- Khalsi Berya 869 people
- Bilashpur 863 people
- Dakshin Nischintapur 860 people

All 166 villages in Contai - III

## Other places named Bagha Danri
- Baghadanri · Village, Bhagawanpur - II, Purba Medinipur · 1,880 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bagha Danri? 899 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagha Danri in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagha Danri? 86.5% (Census 2011)

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