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

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Sumarpur

Sumarpur is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 349 households**, the 34th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 349households
- 54.2%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sumarpur

Of every 100 households in Sumarpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sumarpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**84%

Tap water ****6%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**46%

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 Sumarpur?

■ Sumarpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1090**

**983

Working population ****34.9%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.8% for men and 50.5% for women. 50% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 334 (54%) · **■** Household industry 108 (17%) · **■** Other work 87 (14%) · **■** Marginal 57 (9%)

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

- Paniara1,889 people
- Dalima1,818 people
- Sohara1,816 people
- Mahimuji1,795 people
- Dulandi1,722 people
- Tapna1,678 people
- Kanaipur1,620 people
- Abdullapur1,616 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sumarpur?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sumarpur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sumarpur?54.2% (Census 2011)