# Sahilapur Village, Kaliachak - III, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - III, Maldah 

# Sahilapur

Sahilapur is a village in Kaliachak - III sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,984 people in 590 households**, the 28th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 2,984people (2011)
- 590households
- 60.1%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahilapur

Of every 100 households in Sahilapur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahilapur · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**19%

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

**79%

Tap water ****5%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**48%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**22%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**43%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sahilapur?

■ Sahilapur · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**967

Working population ****46.0%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 52.3% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 245 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 288 (21%) · **■** Household industry 91 (7%) · **■** Other work 88 (6%) · **■** Marginal 660 (48%)

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 Kaliachak - III

- Shashani3,602 people
- Shukpara3,521 people
- Sobhapur3,351 people
- Fatepur3,156 people
- Bholaichak2,818 people
- Bakhrabad2,814 people
- Mohanpur2,794 people
- Sahaband Chak2,737 people

[All 73 villages in Kaliachak - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahilapur?2,984 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahilapur in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahilapur?60.1% (Census 2011)