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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Bhaitgar

Bhaitgar is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,053 people in 462 households**, the 16th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 2,053people (2011)
- 462households
- 85.5%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaitgar

Of every 100 households in Bhaitgar in 2011, 24 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhaitgar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**27%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Bhaitgar?

■ Bhaitgar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**89.9%

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

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1102**

**948

Working population ****36.8%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 78.0% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (2%) · **■** Household industry 30 (4%) · **■** Other work 323 (43%) · **■** Marginal 342 (45%)

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

- Kharipukuria2,470 people
- Deulbar2,298 people
- Paik Bar2,254 people
- Panichiara2,177 people
- Karalda Nimak Bar1,968 people
- Kushalya1,793 people
- Benyajhi1,736 people
- Sijua1,706 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 Bhaitgar?2,053 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaitgar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaitgar?85.5% (Census 2011)