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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Sarpal

Sarpal is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,455 people in 354 households**, the 24th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,455people (2011)
- 354households
- 95.7%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarpal

Of every 100 households in Sarpal in 2011, 20 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarpal · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**40%

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

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**92%

Use banking services ****33%**

**42%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Sarpal?

■ Sarpal · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.7%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**948

Working population ****46.0%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.6% for men and 92.6% for women. 63% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (21%) · **■** Household industry 117 (17%) · **■** Other work 189 (28%) · **■** Marginal 91 (14%)

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

- Sijua1,706 people
- Adampur1,626 people
- Bidhubahiri1,577 people
- Paschimbatya1,537 people
- Bahitkunda1,437 people
- Parihara1,378 people
- Sillibari1,376 people
- Harina Pashdal Bar1,351 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 Sarpal?1,455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarpal in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarpal?95.7% (Census 2011)