# Uttar Sankarpur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Uttar Sankarpur

Uttar Sankarpur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,090 people in 260 households**, the 114th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,090people (2011)
- 260households
- 74.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Sankarpur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Sankarpur in 2011, 59 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Sankarpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**48%

Tap water ****98%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**84%

Use banking services ****26%**

**58%

Television ****41%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**18%

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 Uttar Sankarpur?

■ Uttar Sankarpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1208**

**962

Working population ****47.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 68.5% for women. 66% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 74 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 277 (54%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (8%) · **■** Marginal 113 (22%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Deluara1,114 people
- Baharampur1,112 people
- Ghana Shyampur1,101 people
- Dakshin Sankarpur1,094 people
- Chhota Khanpur1,083 people
- Kankrakuli1,075 people
- Basipur1,062 people
- Chinagari1,052 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Sankarpur?1,090 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Sankarpur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Sankarpur?74.4% (Census 2011)