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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Bamania

Bamania is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,011 people in 211 households**, the 51st largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,011people (2011)
- 211households
- 91.6%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamania

Of every 100 households in Bamania in 2011, 39 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bamania · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**92%

Use banking services ****85%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**27%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Bamania?

■ Bamania · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.6%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**948

Working population ****46.5%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 84.7% for women. 58% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (12%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 23 (5%) · **■** Marginal 199 (42%)

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

- Benamuri1,048 people
- Dhamai1,036 people
- Gamaduli1,026 people
- Jukibheri1,016 people
- Palbhuni998 people
- Ghoratala968 people
- Uttar Tentulmuri955 people
- Kurkraul952 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 Bamania?1,011 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamania in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamania?91.6% (Census 2011)