# Sarama Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Sarama

Sarama is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **706 people in 150 households**, the 43rd largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 706people (2011)
- 150households
- 79.6%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarama

Of every 100 households in Sarama in 2011, 51 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sarama · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**47%

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

**16%

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

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****25%**

**52%

Use banking services ****33%**

**36%

Television ****24%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**27%

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 Sarama?

■ Sarama · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**937

Working population ****37.0%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 64.6% for women. 54% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 35 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (6%) · **■** Other work 41 (16%) · **■** Marginal 170 (65%)

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 Mejhia

- Jamkuri719 people
- Anandapur714 people
- Ramlalpur710 people
- Matabel709 people
- Kalikapur666 people
- Palashi665 people
- Moshnekonda633 people
- Nandanpur628 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarama?706 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarama in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarama?79.6% (Census 2011)