# Sankarara, Gangajalghati, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Sankarara

Sankarara is a village in [Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **465 people in 91 households**, the 118th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 465people (2011)
- 91households
- 76.4%literacy
- 1,067females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankarara

Of every 100 households in Sankarara in 2011, 66 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankarara · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**86%

Tap water ****23%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**67%

Use banking services ****39%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Sankarara?

■ Sankarara · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1067**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1211**

**908

Working population ****33.1%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 67.7% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (35%) · **■** Other work 60 (39%) · **■** Marginal 29 (19%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Damra504 people
- Shimlagar502 people
- Arjunpur476 people
- Sudarshanpur468 people
- Menjua452 people
- Brahmanara450 people
- Gobardhanpur450 people
- Suarara449 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankarara?465 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankarara in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankarara?76.4% (Census 2011)