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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Malbari

Malbari is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,050 people in 239 households**, the 45th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,050people (2011)
- 239households
- 86.3%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malbari

Of every 100 households in Malbari in 2011, 35 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malbari · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**4%

Tap water ****6%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****23%**

**92%

Use banking services ****41%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Malbari?

■ Malbari · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**948

Working population ****47.9%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 78.2% for women. 61% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 70 (14%) · **■** Marginal 338 (67%)

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

- Paschim Kamarda1,113 people
- Jethai Bari1,110 people
- Dhaurya Bar1,086 people
- Pachim Purulia1,058 people
- Panchirya1,049 people
- Benamuri1,048 people
- Dhamai1,036 people
- Gamaduli1,026 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 Malbari?1,050 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malbari in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malbari?86.3% (Census 2011)