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

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Sekhpur

Sekhpur is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,344 people in 305 households**, the 59th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,344people (2011)
- 305households
- 66.1%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sekhpur

Of every 100 households in Sekhpur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sekhpur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**74%

Use banking services ****23%**

**39%

Television ****26%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sekhpur?

■ Sekhpur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**973

Working population ****43.7%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 59.5% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 387 (66%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 85 (14%) · **■** Marginal 46 (8%)

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

- Debpur1,412 people
- Paschim Tazpur1,395 people
- Palta1,385 people
- Durgadanga1,362 people
- Bharpota1,325 people
- Baharampur1,278 people
- Benapur1,277 people
- Shyamnagar1,234 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sekhpur?1,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sekhpur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sekhpur?66.1% (Census 2011)