# Sovarajpur Village, Simlapal, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Simlapal, Bankura 

# Sovarajpur

Sovarajpur is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **636 people in 129 households**, the 80th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 636people (2011)
- 129households
- 72.5%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sovarajpur

Of every 100 households in Sovarajpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sovarajpur · ■ Simlapal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**90%

Tap water ****9%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****87%**

**52%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sovarajpur?

■ Sovarajpur · ■ Simlapal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**960

Working population ****45.6%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 62.9% for women. 56% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (17%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 159 (55%)

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 Simlapal

- Machatora667 people
- Kaniabali665 people
- Jirabaid660 people
- Uparsol644 people
- Kallaicha630 people
- Jambedia628 people
- Parulia624 people
- Ramchandrapur611 people

[All 202 villages in Simlapal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/simlapal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sovarajpur?636 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sovarajpur in?Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sovarajpur?72.5% (Census 2011)