# Sankail Village, Habibpur, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Habibpur, Maldah 

# Sankail

Sankail is a village in Habibpur sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,300 people in 525 households**, the 16th largest of 233 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.8%.

- 2,300people (2011)
- 525households
- 61.7%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankail

Of every 100 households in Sankail in 2011, 11 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankail · ■ Habibpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**22%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**40%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sankail?

■ Sankail · ■ Habibpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**55.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**950

Working population ****40.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 54.0% for women. 54% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 292 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (11%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 248 (26%) · **■** Marginal 293 (31%)

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 Habibpur

- Dahar Langi2,630 people
- Habibpur2,576 people
- Jamalpur2,516 people
- Tilashan2,355 people
- Khochakandar2,271 people
- Rajarampur2,051 people
- Singabad1,951 people
- Lalpur Bodra1,867 people

[All 287 villages in Habibpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/habibpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankail?2,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankail in?Maldah district (Habibpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankail?61.7% (Census 2011)