Contai
Dantan-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721426
· village code 343826
Population 2011
1,044
Census of India
Population 2020
1,041
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.3%
-3 people · -0.0% a year
Households
245
0.0% vs 245 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,044
Male / female
543 / 501
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
923
Children aged 0–6
122
Literacy rate
57.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
10 / 79
Working population
394
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.5%
Households
245
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
100
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
220
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
99 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
99 / 90 / 9
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ainkola panchayat, Dantan-I zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹32.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹89.04 lakh
Received directly
₹80,697
Spent
₹1.03 crore
Unspent at year end
₹18.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.19 lakh · received ₹28.15 lakh · spent ₹33.46 lakh · left ₹3.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.86 lakh · received ₹60.89 lakh · spent ₹69.50 lakh · left ₹15.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8803, 87.3206 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Medinipur West ·
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