# Kainara Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kainara

Kainara is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,118 people in 264 households**, the 55th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,118people (2011)
- 264households
- 90.1%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kainara

Of every 100 households in Kainara in 2011, 41 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kainara · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**34%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**24%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****26%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****20%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kainara?

■ Kainara · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**943

Working population ****39.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.3% for men and 80.9% for women. 64% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 180 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (14%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (6%) · **■** Marginal 169 (38%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Ichhabari1,202 people
- Tania Bila1,169 people
- Mangalpur1,161 people
- Kharika Patna1,154 people
- Laoa1,118 people
- Uttarchounukh1,089 people
- Mangraj1,024 people
- Srikhoda1,020 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kainara?1,118 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kainara in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kainara?90.1% (Census 2011)