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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Jantai

Jantai is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **860 people in 218 households**, the 64th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 860people (2011)
- 218households
- 91.8%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jantai

Of every 100 households in Jantai in 2011, 61 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jantai · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**4%

Tap water ****83%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****49%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****61%**

**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 Jantai?

■ Jantai · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.8%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**948

Working population ****36.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 87.4% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (7%) · **■** Household industry 16 (5%) · **■** Other work 202 (65%) · **■** Marginal 6 (2%)

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

- Marisi891 people
- Khalsi Berya869 people
- Bilashpur863 people
- Dakshin Nischintapur860 people
- Raniora848 people
- Kushumpur843 people
- Paschim Sarpai839 people
- Ghatbarkhangurguri834 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 Jantai?860 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jantai in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jantai?91.8% (Census 2011)