# Sanfua Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Sanfua

Sanfua is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,102 people in 270 households**, the 48th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,102people (2011)
- 270households
- 59.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sanfua

Of every 100 households in Sanfua in 2011, 56 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sanfua · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**84%

Tap water ****4%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**86%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****22%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sanfua?

■ Sanfua · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**983

Working population ****31.5%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.4% for men and 51.6% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (50%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (11%) · **■** Marginal 123 (35%)

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 Murarai - I

- Dadpur1,153 people
- Bhabanipur1,138 people
- Kapilsahar1,114 people
- Sitachar1,108 people
- Bandhaipur1,059 people
- Dakshin Kasila1,036 people
- Kestara998 people
- Fatepur997 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sanfua?1,102 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sanfua in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sanfua?59.7% (Census 2011)