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Jantai Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Jantai is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 218 families residing. The Jantai village has population of 860 of which 446 are males while 414 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jantai village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 9.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jantai village is 928 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jantai as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jantai village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jantai village was 91.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jantai Male literacy stands at 95.80 % while female literacy rate was 87.40 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jantai village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Jantai village.

Jantai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 218 - -
Population 860 446 414
Child (0-6) 82 41 41
Schedule Caste 62 30 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.77 % 95.80 % 87.40 %
Total Workers 311 262 49
Main Worker 305 - -
Marginal Worker 6 2 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.21 % of total population in Jantai village. The village Jantai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jantai village out of total population, 311 were engaged in work activities. 98.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 311 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.