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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Durmut

Durmut is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,217 people in 717 households**, the 7th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 3,217people (2011)
- 717households
- 91.5%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durmut

Of every 100 households in Durmut in 2011, 44 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durmut · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**40%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**92%

Use banking services ****79%**

**42%

Television ****24%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Durmut?

■ Durmut · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.5%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**948

Working population ****37.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 86.5% for women. 62% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (4%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 304 (25%) · **■** Marginal 811 (68%)

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

- Dhandali Bar3,871 people
- Beutalia3,634 people
- Kumirda3,625 people
- Nachinda3,604 people
- Daisai3,170 people
- Jagudas Bar3,129 people
- Sukunia2,593 people
- Bhaja Chauli2,541 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 Durmut?3,217 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durmut in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durmut?91.5% (Census 2011)