# Sanketpur Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Sanketpur

Sanketpur is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,485 people in 315 households**, the 52nd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 1,485people (2011)
- 315households
- 76.0%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sanketpur

Of every 100 households in Sanketpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sanketpur · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**28%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****55%**

**46%

Television ****30%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Sanketpur?

■ Sanketpur · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**959

Working population ****36.2%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 69.9% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (17%) · **■** Household industry 39 (7%) · **■** Other work 234 (43%) · **■** Marginal 46 (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 Nalhati - I

- Kogram1,699 people
- Bhola1,688 people
- Gopagram1,593 people
- Diha1,535 people
- Rameshwarpur1,453 people
- Santoshpur1,453 people
- Painta1,427 people
- Kadashir1,393 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sanketpur?1,485 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sanketpur in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sanketpur?76.0% (Census 2011)