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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Siankabai

Siankabai is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **524 people in 141 households**, the 110th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 524people (2011)
- 141households
- 89.6%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Siankabai

Of every 100 households in Siankabai in 2011, 47 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Siankabai · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**40%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****39%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Siankabai?

■ Siankabai · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**948

Working population ****54.4%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 80.1% for women. 62% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (34%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (21%) · **■** Marginal 115 (40%)

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

- Uttar Rampur534 people
- Chandbaria529 people
- Kashmili526 people
- Kancheshwar525 people
- Ku Kurmari509 people
- Sonakandi509 people
- Tatkapur506 people
- Brahman Chak482 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 Siankabai?524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Siankabai in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Siankabai?89.6% (Census 2011)