# Saharakuri Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Saharakuri

Saharakuri is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,260 people in 479 households**, the 19th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 2,260people (2011)
- 479households
- 61.7%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saharakuri

Of every 100 households in Saharakuri in 2011, 32 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saharakuri · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**84%

Tap water ****2%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**80%

Use banking services ****30%**

**34%

Television ****23%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Saharakuri?

■ Saharakuri · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**983

Working population ****33.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 53.5% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 44 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (11%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 438 (58%) · **■** Marginal 180 (24%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Jethia2,681 people
- Tantulbaria2,594 people
- Chak Raipur2,573 people
- Kapasdanga2,426 people
- Darkata2,198 people
- Khayrakuri2,179 people
- Heruka2,139 people
- Kabilpur2,131 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saharakuri?2,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saharakuri in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saharakuri?61.7% (Census 2011)