# Medinipur Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Medinipur

Medinipur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **899 people in 228 households**, the 95th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 899people (2011)
- 228households
- 77.5%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Medinipur

Of every 100 households in Medinipur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Medinipur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****27%**

**34%

Television ****22%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**20%

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 Medinipur?

■ Medinipur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**969

Working population ****36.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 69.2% for women. 64% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (10%) · **■** Marginal 37 (11%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Madhya Gouripur925 people
- Chak Shibananda919 people
- Udgaon914 people
- Baral907 people
- Balabanda893 people
- Dhabail890 people
- Biswanathpur877 people
- Gangua876 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Medinipur?899 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Medinipur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Medinipur?77.5% (Census 2011)