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

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Sankarpur

Sankarpur is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,925 people in 419 households**, the 42nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,925people (2011)
- 419households
- 67.4%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankarpur

Of every 100 households in Sankarpur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sankarpur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**43%

Tap water ****82%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**74%

Use banking services ****19%**

**39%

Television ****26%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sankarpur?

■ Sankarpur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**973

Working population ****49.2%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 60.1% for women. 60% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 275 (29%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 227 (24%) · **■** Marginal 336 (35%)

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

- Kailashpur2,141 people
- Gobindapur2,077 people
- Durgapur2,056 people
- Dilalpur2,042 people
- Belut1,902 people
- Gouripur1,852 people
- Jotkanu1,848 people
- Kashiara1,822 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankarpur?1,925 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankarpur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankarpur?67.4% (Census 2011)