Contai - I Subdivision - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Contai - I is an administrative subdivision in the Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Contai - I is the main town for most villages within the subdivision. The nearest railway station is situated at Sitalpur Bengal, while the nearest airport is Behala Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 81.9 km.

The total area of the subdivision is 162 km², including 162.24 km² rural area and 0.00 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 939 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Contai - I Subdivision

Contai - I Subdivision has a total of 225 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Subdivision, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Adambar	Rural	Mahisagot
2	Akandi	Rural	Haipur
3	Akgerya	Rural	Haipur
4	Alalpur	Rural	Badalpur
5	Alipur	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
6	Amadpur	Rural	Nayaput
7	Amartalya	Rural	Nayaput
8	Analberya	Rural	Haipur
9	Bachhipur Bar	Rural	Majilapur
10	Badalpur	Rural	Mahisagot
11	Badalpur	Rural	Sabajput
12	Badalpur 1st Part	Rural	Badalpur
13	Badalpur 2nd Part	Rural	Mahisagot
14	Badhie	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
15	Bagdian	Rural	Sabajput
16	Baghmari	Rural	Nayaput
17	Baguran	Rural	Majilapur
18	Baguran Jalpai	Rural	Majilapur
19	Bahulia	Rural	Mahisagot
20	Baidyaharana	Rural	Sabajput
21	Baksispur	Rural	Nayaput
22	Balbhadrapur	Rural	Nayaput
23	Baliarpur	Rural	Nayaput
24	Banamali Pur	Rural	Sabajput
25	Band Gobindapur	Rural	Badalpur
26	Bankaberya	Rural	Sabajput
27	Bara Rammaiti Bar	Rural	Nayaput
28	Barachun Fali	Rural	Majilapur
29	Baramushapur	Rural	Badalpur
30	Barbarya	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
31	Batipur	Rural	Nayaput
32	Beltalya	Rural	Mahisagot
33	Benipur	Rural	Majilapur
34	Betbani	Rural	Dulalpur
35	Betgerya	Rural	Dulalpur
36	Bhandu Basan	Rural	Nayaput
37	Bhuianpada	Rural	Majilapur
38	Bhupatinagar	Rural	Dulalpur
39	Biramput	Rural	Majilapur
40	Bishwanathpur	Rural	Badalpur
41	Brajamal	Rural	Haipur
42	Chandanpur	Rural	Nayaput
43	Chanddia Dundibar	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
44	Chandia Darbarikhanibar	Unmapped	Not applicable
45	Chandia Haibatbar	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
46	Chhatradhara	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
47	Chhota Ektarpur	Rural	Sabajput
48	Chuaphali	Rural	Majilapur
49	Dakshin Charai Khia	Rural	Haipur
50	Dakshin Darua	Rural	Majilapur
51	Dakshin Dauki	Rural	Majilapur
52	Dakshin Gobinda Pur	Rural	Nayaput
53	Dakshin Gopinathpur	Rural	Majilapur
54	Dakshin Khasda	Rural	Haipur
55	Dakshin Potapukhuria Gopal Sibar	Rural	Sabajput
56	Dakshin Ramchak	Rural	Mahisagot
57	Dakshin Rampur	Rural	Nayaput
58	Dakshin Sherpur	Rural	Nayaput
59	Damodarpur	Rural	Nayaput
60	Damudarpur	Rural	Nayaput
61	Damudarpur Jalpai	Rural	Nayaput
62	Dandapur	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
63	Daudpur	Rural	Sabajput
64	Deshdatta Bar	Rural	Majilapur
65	Dhaneshwari	Rural	Haipur
66	Dhangan	Rural	Haipur
67	Dulalpur	Rural	Dulalpur
68	Durgapur	Rural	Nayaput
69	Ektarpur	Rural	Sabajput
70	Ektarpur Madanmohanbar	Rural	Haipur
71	Enayet Chak	Rural	Sabajput
72	Erya Gobindapur	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
73	Eryafatepur	Rural	Dulalpur
74	Fatepur	Rural	Nayaput
75	Gagannathpur Ist Part	Rural	Haipur
76	Gahira Bar	Rural	Majilapur
77	Gamartalia	Rural	Sabajput
78	Ghatua	Rural	Mahisagot
79	Gimagere	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
80	Gobindapur	Rural	Sabajput
81	Gopal Pur 2nd Part	Rural	Dulalpur
82	Gopalpur	Rural	Mahisagot
83	Haipur	Rural	Haipur
84	Hamirmahal	Rural	Dulalpur
85	Hamirpur	Rural	Nayaput
86	Hari Pur	Rural	Majilapur
87	Harichak	Rural	Haipur
88	Haripur	Rural	Mahisagot
89	Hatiberya	Rural	Mahisagot
90	Hugli	Rural	Majilapur
91	Irda	Rural	Haipur
92	Jagannathpur 2nd Part	Rural	Sabajput
93	Jamalpur	Rural	Sabajput
94	Jamgudi	Unmapped	Not applicable
95	Jamna Madhusudan Bar	Rural	Nayaput
96	Jangipur	Rural	Badalpur
97	Janubasan	Rural	Nayaput
98	Jharkoshbar	Rural	Nayaput
99	Jugi Bar	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
100	Junbani	Rural	Badalpur
101	Kachua	Rural	Dulalpur
102	Kaitalia	Rural	Mahisagot
103	Kamarput	Rural	Majilapur
104	Kanchanpur	Rural	Mahisagot
105	Kanchra Gerya	Rural	Haipur
106	Kanchuri	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
107	Kandarapur Sanniyasi Bar	Rural	Majilapur
108	Kandarpapur	Rural	Nayaput
109	Kantai	Rural	Dulalpur
110	Kanurautbar	Rural	Haipur
111	Kapasda	Rural	Mahisagot
112	Karanji	Rural	Nayaput
113	Kashi Bhuianbar	Rural	Haipur
114	Keoranala	Rural	Sabajput
115	Khalisabhanga	Rural	Dulalpur
116	Khikina	Rural	Majilapur
117	Kholanashwari	Rural	Haipur
118	Krishna Khayartibar	Rural	Sabajput
119	Krishnachak	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
120	Kudbheri	Rural	Badalpur
121	Kulaipadima	Rural	Sabajput
122	Kulalpada	Rural	Sabajput
123	Kulbaria	Rural	Haipur
124	Lachhanpur	Rural	Sabajput
125	Laskar Pada	Rural	Dulalpur
126	Laudanda	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
127	Machhalandapur	Rural	Nayaput
128	Machnendatur Jalpai	Unmapped	Not applicable
129	Madhab Pattanayak Bar	Rural	Nayaput
130	Madhabpur	Rural	Nayaput
131	Maharampur	Rural	Majilapur
132	Mahishgot	Rural	Mahisagot
133	Maisali	Rural	Haipur
134	Majila Pur	Rural	Majilapur
135	Majna	Rural	Dulalpur
136	Mankarai Put	Rural	Majilapur
137	Marra	Rural	Haipur
138	Matalpur	Rural	Sabajput
139	Mukundapur	Rural	Dulalpur
140	Murabania	Rural	Mahisagot
141	Namal	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
142	Nandaberya	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
143	Nandierya	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
144	Naraharichak	Unmapped	Not applicable
145	Narasingapur	Rural	Nayaput
146	Narayanpur	Rural	Majilapur
147	Natdighi	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
148	Nayaput	Rural	Nayaput
149	Nimdasbar	Rural	Mahisagot
150	Nunia	Rural	Haipur
151	Padmaput Chhakubanarbar	Rural	Nayaput
152	Pailachhanpur	Rural	Sabajput
153	Palta Beria	Rural	Haipur
154	Pania	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
155	Panipia	Rural	Nayaput
156	Paschim Chandanpur	Rural	Badalpur
157	Paschim Chechura Put	Rural	Nayaput
158	Paschim Jagannathchak	Rural	Haipur
159	Paschim Manikpur	Rural	Badalpur
160	Paschim Rasulpur	Rural	Mahisagot
161	Paschim Teghari	Rural	Haipur
162	Pateshwarpur	Rural	Nayaput
163	Pather Ghata	Rural	Majilapur
164	Payrachali	Rural	Sabajput
165	Payradwip	Rural	Dulalpur
166	Pota Pokhuria Anantarautba	Rural	Sabajput
167	Potapukhuria	Rural	Mahisagot
168	Puan Bali Bar	Rural	Majilapur
169	Purba Ram Chandra Pur	Rural	Majilapur
170	Purushottampur	Rural	Nayaput
171	Purushottampur	Rural	Nayaput
172	Purushottampur Puridasbar	Rural	Nayaput
173	Raghu Sardar Bar	Rural	Majilapur
174	Raghusardar Bar Jalpai	Rural	Majilapur
175	Raipur	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
176	Raipur Paschimbar	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
177	Raktia	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
178	Ramchandrapur	Rural	Sabajput
179	Rangamalput	Rural	Majilapur
180	Rani Basan	Rural	Dulalpur
181	Rania	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
182	Rasulpur	Rural	Majilapur
183	Ratanpur	Rural	Mahisagot
184	Rautara	Rural	Haipur
185	Sabajpur	Rural	Sabajput
186	Sahajadapur	Rural	Mahisagot
187	Saheb Khankeranibar	Rural	Haipur
188	Samudrapur	Rural	Sabajput
189	Samudrapur Jalpai	Rural	Sabajput
190	Sankarkundi	Rural	Mahisagot
191	Saria	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
192	Sarishaberya	Rural	Mahisagot
193	Sasania	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
194	Satberia	Rural	Sabajput
195	Sekh Kochbar	Rural	Sabajput
196	Serpurjalpai	Rural	Nayaput
197	Sharad Pur	Rural	Majilapur
198	Shikarpur	Rural	Sabajput
199	Shilampur	Rural	Majilapur
200	Shilampur	Rural	Majilapur
201	Shribachhipur	Rural	Mahisagot
202	Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai	Rural	Majilapur
203	Silampur	Rural	Dulalpur
204	Siria	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
205	Sitalpur	Rural	Dulalpur
206	Srirampur	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
207	Subarnadihi	Rural	Mahisagot
208	Subdi	Rural	Majilapur
209	Sujanbhunia Bar	Rural	Nayaput
210	Sujulpur	Rural	Dulalpur
211	Surghani	Rural	Mahisagot
212	Surundia	Rural	Haipur
213	Syamrai Bar	Rural	Majilapur
214	Tagaria Gopalpur	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
215	Tagria	Rural	Mahisagot
216	Tajpur	Rural	Dulalpur
217	Takia Haripurkhal	Rural	Sabajput
218	Tedubi	Rural	Haipur
219	Tengunia	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
220	Tentulmuri	Rural	Raipur-Paschimbarh
221	Ugrasenbar	Rural	Haipur
222	Ulu Bere	Rural	Haipur
223	Uttar Bahulia	Rural	Mahisagot
224	Uttar Charai Khia	Rural	Haipur
225	Uttarkhasda	Rural	Haipur

Population of Contai - I Subdivision

As per the Census 2011, Contai - I Subdivision has a total population of 1,70,894 people, consisting of 88,105 males and 82,789 females. There are 37,073 households in the subdivision with an average population density of 1,053 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,70,894	1,70,894	0
Male Population	88,105	88,105	0
Female Population	82,789	82,789	0
Total Households	37,073	37,073	0
Population Density	1,053 / km²	1,053 / km²	0 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the subdivision has 1,36,463 literate people and 18,122 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 23,562 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 92 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural
Child Population (Age 0–6)	18,122	18,122
Literate Population	1,36,463	1,36,463
Illiterate Population	34,431	34,431
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	23,562	23,562
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	92	92

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Subdivision Overview
Subdivision (Hindi)	Contai - I (कन्टाई - I)
District	Purba Medinipur
State / UT	West Bengal
Railway Station	Sitalpur Bengal
Total Area	162 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	939
Total Population (2011)	1,70,894
Density	1,053/km²
Total Villages	225

Nearby Subdivisions in Purba Medinipur
Contai - III	Deshopran
Egra - I	Egra - II
Haldia	Khejuri - I
Khejuri - II	Nandigram - I
Nandigram - II	Ramnagar - I