# Sapai, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Sapai

Sapai is a village in [Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **821 people in 173 households**, the 70th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 821people (2011)
- 173households
- 96.1%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sapai

Of every 100 households in Sapai in 2011, 36 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sapai · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****51%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****98%**

**42%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sapai?

■ Sapai · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.1%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1370**

**948

Working population ****50.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 94.3% for women. 62% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (9%) · **■** Household industry 16 (4%) · **■** Other work 71 (17%) · **■** Marginal 261 (63%)

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

- Kushumpur843 people
- Paschim Sarpai839 people
- Ghatbarkhangurguri834 people
- Durmut Ist Part831 people
- Gopalpur 4Th Part813 people
- Nilpura795 people
- Kakhuria789 people
- Uttar Pithulia788 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Other places named Sapai

- Sapai · Village, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar · 4,225 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sapai?821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sapai in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sapai?96.1% (Census 2011)