# Sahnagar Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Sahnagar

Sahnagar is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,747 people in 388 households**, the 31st largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,747people (2011)
- 388households
- 75.2%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahnagar

Of every 100 households in Sahnagar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahnagar · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**15%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****29%**

**34%

Television ****20%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Sahnagar?

■ Sahnagar · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1114**

**983

Working population ****33.1%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 68.8% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 164 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (25%) · **■** Other work 206 (36%) · **■** Marginal 65 (11%)

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

- Kabilnagar1,852 people
- Kharia1,837 people
- Deucha1,772 people
- Alinagar1,748 people
- Baliharpur1,738 people
- Bara Bataspur1,737 people
- Kaijuli1,686 people
- Baidyanathpur1,680 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahnagar?1,747 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahnagar in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahnagar?75.2% (Census 2011)