# Sahajpur Village, Gairatganj, Raisen (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Gairatganj, Raisen 

# Sahajpur

Sahajpur is a village in Gairatganj sub-district of Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **281 people in 70 households**, the 124th largest of 163 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.6%.

- 281people (2011)
- 70households
- 71.8%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Sahajpur PIN code and other codes

Sahajpur falls in Gairatganj sub-district, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockGairatganj
- Census village code483918

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sahajpur from nearby towns?

- Gairatgang (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Raisen (district HQ)49 km by road
- Gairatganj (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sahajpur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Sahajpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gairatganj
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Gairatganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Raisen
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sahajpur known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 90% of the 303 hectares of village land is sown, and 80 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sahajpur

Of every 100 households in Sahajpur in 2011, 81 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sahajpur · ■ Gairatganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**14%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****43%**

**26%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****70%**

**41%

Own their home ****50%**

**96%

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 Sahajpur?

■ Sahajpur · ■ Gairatganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**78.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**941

Working population ****45.2%**

**44.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 67.0% for women. 54% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (21%) · **■** Other work 26 (20%) · **■** Marginal 60 (47%)

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 Gairatganj

- Bodra308 people
- Simariya Khurd306 people
- Mohad303 people
- Tila Kalan292 people
- Dhilwar279 people
- Hatnapur279 people
- Semrajerghati279 people
- Parasiya278 people

[All 169 villages in Gairatganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/raisen/gairatganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sahajpur from Raisen?49 km by road
- What is the population of Sahajpur?281 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahajpur in?Raisen district (Gairatganj sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sahajpur?71.8% (Census 2011)