# Sankola Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Sankola

Sankola is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **358 people in 89 households**, the 90th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 358people (2011)
- 89households
- 46.9%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankola

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

■ Sankola · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****0%**

**42%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****89%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Sankola?

■ Sankola · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.9%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**944

Working population ****62.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.3% for men and 43.2% for women. 63% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 30 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (39%) · **■** Marginal 106 (47%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Rampur Bhimpur538 people
- Chandipur497 people
- Domabir451 people
- Gauripur438 people
- Rahimpur309 people
- Balakat260 people
- Rayghata237 people
- Panchrekha201 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankola?358 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankola in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankola?46.9% (Census 2011)