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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Hapua

Hapua is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 65 households**, the 131st largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 313people (2011)
- 65households
- 93.5%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hapua

Of every 100 households in Hapua in 2011, 26 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hapua · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**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 ****2%**

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****57%**

**42%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Hapua?

■ Hapua · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.5%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****542**

**948

Working population ****46.3%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 91.7% for women. 52% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 56 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (9%) · **■** Marginal 74 (51%)

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

- Olma385 people
- Chandrikala Punja345 people
- Sher Pur Bamun Bar323 people
- Mahesdasbar319 people
- Balagerya310 people
- Uttar Raktia304 people
- Kajli297 people
- Khalbanamalipur297 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 Hapua?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hapua in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hapua?93.5% (Census 2011)