# Sandhigara Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/sandhigara/

Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Sandhigara

Sandhigara is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,003 people in 217 households**, the 52nd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,003people (2011)
- 217households
- 72.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sandhigara

Of every 100 households in Sandhigara in 2011, 38 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sandhigara · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****57%**

**55%

Television ****19%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****29%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sandhigara?

■ Sandhigara · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**975

Working population ****34.1%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 65.3% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 53 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (5%) · **■** Other work 35 (10%) · **■** Marginal 237 (69%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Jhikadda1,088 people
- Rautgara1,052 people
- Kusumi1,045 people
- Pakhuria1,042 people
- Mehedinagar994 people
- Dumra961 people
- Durakhi938 people
- Tarapur924 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sandhigara?1,003 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sandhigara in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sandhigara?72.0% (Census 2011)