# Sahajapur Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Sahajapur

Sahajapur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,488 people in 355 households**, the 42nd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,488people (2011)
- 355households
- 60.4%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahajapur

Of every 100 households in Sahajapur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sahajapur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**73%

Tap water ****94%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**82%

Use banking services ****32%**

**61%

Television ****36%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Sahajapur?

■ Sahajapur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****686**

**972

Working population ****32.1%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 51.9% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 165 (35%) · **■** Household industry 69 (14%) · **■** Other work 127 (27%) · **■** Marginal 57 (12%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Rajatpur1,735 people
- Bara Simulia1,572 people
- Ikshudhara1,521 people
- Pashchim Bergram1,516 people
- Sehalai1,408 people
- Keshabpur1,377 people
- Ghidaha1,367 people
- Sarbbanandapur1,349 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahajapur?1,488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahajapur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahajapur?60.4% (Census 2011)