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

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Tatkapur

Tatkapur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **506 people in 122 households**, the 113th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 506people (2011)
- 122households
- 94.1%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tatkapur

Of every 100 households in Tatkapur in 2011, 61 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tatkapur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**42%

Television ****2%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****76%**

**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 Tatkapur?

■ Tatkapur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.1%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**948

Working population ****42.3%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.1% for men and 90.9% for women. 59% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 13 (6%) · **■** Marginal 201 (94%)

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

- Kancheshwar525 people
- Siankabai524 people
- Ku Kurmari509 people
- Sonakandi509 people
- Brahman Chak482 people
- Dumurbera466 people
- Dhanghara462 people
- Damua460 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 Tatkapur?506 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tatkapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tatkapur?94.1% (Census 2011)