# Sahapur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Sahapur

Sahapur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,130 people in 266 households**, the 51st largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,130people (2011)
- 266households
- 59.1%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahapur

Of every 100 households in Sahapur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**75%

Use banking services ****23%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Sahapur?

■ Sahapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**948

Working population ****37.3%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 47.0% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 56 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (22%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 82 (19%) · **■** Marginal 188 (45%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Alampur1,225 people
- Moheshpur1,204 people
- Mahespur1,202 people
- Bidyadharpur1,175 people
- Telrui1,130 people
- Junshara1,097 people
- Madanmohanpur1,059 people
- Bandi Rampur1,043 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahapur?1,130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahapur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahapur?59.1% (Census 2011)