About Contai Village

Contai is a mid sized village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,044, made up of 543 males and 501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Contai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Contai village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Dantan I
Pincode	721426
Area (hectares)	185.4 hectares
Population	1,044
Male Population	543
Female Population	501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Contai compares

By the 2011 count Contai is the 57th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 185.4 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Contai

Contai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Contai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Charda, Chaturapal, Chaulia and Chorpalia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Contai

As per the Census of India 2011, Contai village had a population of 1,044. That makes it the 57th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Contai village has 543 males and 501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Contai has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Contai is 721426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Contai covers 185.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Contai falls under Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Contai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Contai.

Contai is in Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.