# Somserpur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Somserpur

Somserpur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **918 people in 235 households**, the 69th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 918people (2011)
- 235households
- 78.2%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Somserpur

Of every 100 households in Somserpur in 2011, 63 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Somserpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**28%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**34%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****41%**

**55%

Television ****24%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Somserpur?

■ Somserpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1407**

**949

Working population ****35.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 69.4% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 27 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (6%) · **■** Other work 47 (15%) · **■** Marginal 230 (71%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Basudebpur1,012 people
- Radhanagar1,006 people
- Rambati976 people
- Bhabanipur961 people
- Manoharpur817 people
- Aligari804 people
- Dhalyan794 people
- Binodbati784 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Somserpur?918 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Somserpur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Somserpur?78.2% (Census 2011)