# Sakirpur Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Sakirpur

Sakirpur is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **994 people in 249 households**, the 59th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 994people (2011)
- 249households
- 77.1%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sakirpur

Of every 100 households in Sakirpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sakirpur · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**36%

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

**20%

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

**80%

Tap water ****61%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**15%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**87%

Use banking services ****27%**

**43%

Television ****23%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**35%

Own their home ****85%**

**92%

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 Sakirpur?

■ Sakirpur · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**945

Working population ****43.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 67.7% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 90 (21%) · **■** Marginal 208 (48%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Gopalpur1,110 people
- Saonsa1,078 people
- Chhota Kutubpur1,062 people
- Belia1,054 people
- Siura975 people
- Kabilpur960 people
- Sundipur952 people
- Muradda942 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sakirpur?994 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakirpur in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sakirpur?77.1% (Census 2011)