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

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/paik-bar/

Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Paik Bar

Paik Bar is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,254 people in 553 households**, the 14th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 2,254people (2011)
- 553households
- 89.2%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paik Bar

Of every 100 households in Paik Bar in 2011, 35 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Paik Bar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**4%

Tap water ****2%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****53%**

**42%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**27%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Paik Bar?

■ Paik Bar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**948

Working population ****42.4%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 85.2% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (8%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 208 (22%) · **■** Marginal 571 (60%)

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

- Sukunia2,593 people
- Bhaja Chauli2,541 people
- Kharipukuria2,470 people
- Deulbar2,298 people
- Panichiara2,177 people
- Bhaitgar2,053 people
- Karalda Nimak Bar1,968 people
- Kushalya1,793 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 Paik Bar?2,254 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paik Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paik Bar?89.2% (Census 2011)