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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Benamuri

Benamuri is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,048 people in 217 households**, the 47th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,048people (2011)
- 217households
- 85.6%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benamuri

Of every 100 households in Benamuri in 2011, 53 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benamuri · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****100%**

**20%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****51%**

**42%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Benamuri?

■ Benamuri · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1261**

**948

Working population ****42.4%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 79.8% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (5%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 316 (71%) · **■** Marginal 90 (20%)

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

- Dhaurya Bar1,086 people
- Pachim Purulia1,058 people
- Malbari1,050 people
- Panchirya1,049 people
- Dhamai1,036 people
- Gamaduli1,026 people
- Jukibheri1,016 people
- Bamania1,011 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 Benamuri?1,048 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benamuri in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benamuri?85.6% (Census 2011)