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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Jalalpur

Jalalpur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **434 people in 97 households**, the 121st largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 434people (2011)
- 97households
- 87.4%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalalpur

Of every 100 households in Jalalpur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jalalpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**40%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****100%**

**20%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****87%**

**42%

Television ****27%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Jalalpur?

■ Jalalpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****452**

**948

Working population ****33.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 81.4% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 39 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (16%) · **■** Other work 79 (54%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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

- Damua460 people
- Tatka Bar450 people
- Kanrra Mari448 people
- Barbaria Urf Kutakuti440 people
- Serpur423 people
- Jaynagar407 people
- Kanrgan407 people
- Kharij Bar406 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 Jalalpur?434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalalpur?87.4% (Census 2011)