# Sagar Meje Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Sagar Meje

Sagar Meje is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **900 people in 183 households**, the 58th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 900people (2011)
- 183households
- 89.3%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sagar Meje

Of every 100 households in Sagar Meje in 2011, 86 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sagar Meje · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**28%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**81%

Use banking services ****96%**

**65%

Television ****51%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Sagar Meje?

■ Sagar Meje · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1162**

**969

Working population ****44.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 84.8% for women. 68% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (11%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 61 (15%) · **■** Marginal 113 (28%)

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 Kotulpur

- Patpur972 people
- Panna963 people
- Chak Chand944 people
- Palbandha920 people
- Gramsagarmeje899 people
- Jhneia886 people
- Purba Narayanpur867 people
- Jayrambati862 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sagar Meje?900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sagar Meje in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sagar Meje?89.3% (Census 2011)