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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Serpur

Serpur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **423 people in 88 households**, the 122nd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 423people (2011)
- 88households
- 97.6%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Serpur

Of every 100 households in Serpur in 2011, 72 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Serpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****99%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****99%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Serpur?

■ Serpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.6%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****529**

**948

Working population ****44.0%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 95.0% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (39%) · **■** Marginal 56 (30%)

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

- Tatka Bar450 people
- Kanrra Mari448 people
- Barbaria Urf Kutakuti440 people
- Jalalpur434 people
- Jaynagar407 people
- Kanrgan407 people
- Kharij Bar406 people
- Bhutgerya389 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 Serpur?423 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Serpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Serpur?97.6% (Census 2011)