# Sakona Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Mangolkote, Barddhaman 

# Sakona

Sakona is a village in Mangolkote sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,066 people in 224 households**, the 83rd largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,066people (2011)
- 224households
- 81.7%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sakona

Of every 100 households in Sakona in 2011, 20 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sakona · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**60%

Tap water ****52%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****79%**

**59%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**36%

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 Sakona?

■ Sakona · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**986

Working population ****30.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 79.4% for women. 57% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 219 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (9%) · **■** Marginal 18 (6%)

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 Mangolkote

- Palsona1,134 people
- Debagram1,127 people
- Krishnapur1,102 people
- Salanda1,081 people
- Murulia1,048 people
- Ujirpur1,041 people
- Kunda1,040 people
- Dhanyarukhi1,017 people

[All 132 villages in Mangolkote](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/mangolkote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sakona?1,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakona in?Barddhaman district (Mangolkote sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sakona?81.7% (Census 2011)