# Alangiri Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Alangiri

Alangiri is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,099 people in 1,318 households**, the 4th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 6,099people (2011)
- 1,318households
- 81.1%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alangiri

Of every 100 households in Alangiri in 2011, 24 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Alangiri · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**10%

Tap water ****36%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****45%**

**37%

Television ****9%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Alangiri?

■ Alangiri · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**926

Working population ****52.2%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 73.6% for women. 66% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 893 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 945 (30%) · **■** Household industry 38 (1%) · **■** Other work 354 (11%) · **■** Marginal 951 (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 Egra - I

- Kasbagola7,900 people
- Chhatri7,186 people
- Jerthan6,568 people
- Panchrol5,615 people
- Chatla5,443 people
- Amdai5,181 people
- Barida4,630 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alangiri?6,099 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alangiri in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alangiri?81.1% (Census 2011)