# Bahitkunda, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur – Population

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Bahitkunda

Bahitkunda is a village in [Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,437 people in 293 households**, the 25th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,437people (2011)
- 293households
- 92.4%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahitkunda

Of every 100 households in Bahitkunda in 2011, 54 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bahitkunda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****64%**

**42%

Television ****23%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bahitkunda?

■ Bahitkunda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.4%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**948

Working population ****40.5%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.3% for men and 87.3% for women. 53% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 99 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (18%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 159 (27%) · **■** Marginal 207 (36%)

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

- Adampur1,626 people
- Bidhubahiri1,577 people
- Paschimbatya1,537 people
- Sarpal1,455 people
- Parihara1,378 people
- Sillibari1,376 people
- Harina Pashdal Bar1,351 people
- Talda1,334 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 Bahitkunda?1,437 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahitkunda in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahitkunda?92.4% (Census 2011)