# Krishnapur Village, Sarenga, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Krishnapur

Krishnapur is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,669 people in 334 households**, the 11th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,669people (2011)
- 334households
- 61.5%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Krishnapur

Of every 100 households in Krishnapur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Krishnapur · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**86%

Tap water ****6%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****95%**

**53%

Television ****10%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

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 Krishnapur?

■ Krishnapur · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**938

Working population ****45.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 50.9% for women. 52% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (27%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (6%) · **■** Marginal 384 (51%)

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 Sarenga

- Gargarya1,922 people
- Goalbari1,752 people
- Khaerpahari1,737 people
- Bikrampur1,688 people
- Sidi1,602 people
- Khamani1,588 people
- Bamandiha1,563 people
- Gobindapur1,542 people

[All 166 villages in Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Krishnapur?1,669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Krishnapur in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Krishnapur?61.5% (Census 2011)