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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Rasulpur

Rasulpur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **561 people in 126 households**, the 100th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 561people (2011)
- 126households
- 94.6%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rasulpur

Of every 100 households in Rasulpur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rasulpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****100%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****85%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**27%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Rasulpur?

■ Rasulpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.6%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1185**

**948

Working population ****34.8%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 92.3% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (18%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 95 (49%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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

- Barabari577 people
- Olmaidal Bar577 people
- Uttar Ektarpur565 people
- Alampur561 people
- Dakshin Kancheswar557 people
- Phaodar Chak555 people
- Bahulya548 people
- Shankarpur541 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 Rasulpur?561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rasulpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rasulpur?94.6% (Census 2011)