# Jamuashankarpur Village, Contai - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Jamuashankarpur

Jamuashankarpur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,306 people in 269 households**, the 32nd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,306people (2011)
- 269households
- 89.9%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamuashankarpur

Of every 100 households in Jamuashankarpur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jamuashankarpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****90%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Jamuashankarpur?

■ Jamuashankarpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.9%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**948

Working population ****32.9%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 86.0% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (10%) · **■** Marginal 378 (88%)

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

- Harina Pashdal Bar1,351 people
- Talda1,334 people
- Gangadhar Chak1,320 people
- Uttar Rania1,308 people
- Mashagan1,266 people
- Bamunia Jangal1,248 people
- Kamarda1,225 people
- Jashabisha1,158 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 Jamuashankarpur?1,306 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamuashankarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamuashankarpur?89.9% (Census 2011)