# Canalblock Village, Contai - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Canalblock

Canalblock is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **112 people in 22 households**, the 155th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 112people (2011)
- 22households
- 84.0%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Canalblock

Of every 100 households in Canalblock in 2011, 0 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Canalblock · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****4%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****4%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Canalblock?

■ Canalblock · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**948

Working population ****27.7%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 77.6% for women. 56% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (32%)

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

- Chhota Sijua156 people
- Katigan144 people
- Bhadua142 people
- Suruanagari119 people
- Maisadangar111 people
- Haripur Ist Part83 people
- Srichandanpur79 people
- Dantiari57 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 Canalblock?112 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Canalblock in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Canalblock?84.0% (Census 2011)