# Sahanagar Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Sahanagar

Sahanagar is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **420 people in 48 households**, the 106th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 420people (2011)
- 48households
- 85.5%literacy
- 409females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahanagar

Of every 100 households in Sahanagar in 2011, 82 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sahanagar · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**43%

Tap water ****26%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**74%

Use banking services ****14%**

**39%

Television ****41%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Sahanagar?

■ Sahanagar · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****409**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**973

Working population ****32.6%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 63.8% for women. 27% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (49%) · **■** Other work 32 (23%) · **■** Marginal 30 (22%)

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 Memari - I

- Dandur489 people
- Nagarkona483 people
- Pingur467 people
- Harirambati454 people
- Shriharipur400 people
- Chaupira360 people
- Jot Chaitanya342 people
- Partona342 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahanagar?420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahanagar in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahanagar?85.5% (Census 2011)