# Shikhar Patra Bar Village, Contai - III – Population

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Shikhar Patra Bar

Shikhar Patra Bar is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **768 people in 158 households**, the 79th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 768people (2011)
- 158households
- 88.8%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikhar Patra Bar

Of every 100 households in Shikhar Patra Bar in 2011, 32 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikhar Patra Bar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****44%**

**42%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shikhar Patra Bar?

■ Shikhar Patra Bar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****757**

**948

Working population ****50.4%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 82.6% for women. 51% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (4%) · **■** Marginal 366 (95%)

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

- Bara Rasulpur786 people
- Purba Fatepur780 people
- Barkasmili779 people
- Ratnamala775 people
- Amratalia736 people
- Barani716 people
- Ballabpur712 people
- Shibpur Betalya697 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 Shikhar Patra Bar?768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikhar Patra Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shikhar Patra Bar?88.8% (Census 2011)