# Indira Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Indira

Indira is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,070 people in 251 households**, the 58th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,070people (2011)
- 251households
- 83.9%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Indira

Of every 100 households in Indira in 2011, 61 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Indira · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**37%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****96%**

**57%

Television ****34%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Indira?

■ Indira · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**961

Working population ****37.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 75.3% for women. 64% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 262 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (20%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 35 (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 Sainthia

- Kusumdihi1,111 people
- Harishkopa1,099 people
- Neturi1,092 people
- Matiara1,089 people
- Lebra1,054 people
- Akudihi1,049 people
- Bhandhura1,002 people
- Baidyapur1,000 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Indira?1,070 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Indira in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Indira?83.9% (Census 2011)