# Saha Nagar Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Saha Nagar

Saha Nagar is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,585 people in 817 households**, the 28th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 3,585people (2011)
- 817households
- 52.5%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saha Nagar

Of every 100 households in Saha Nagar in 2011, 50 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saha Nagar · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**73%

Tap water ****2%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**89%

Use banking services ****39%**

**24%

Television ****13%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**38%

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 Saha Nagar?

■ Saha Nagar · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.5%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**959

Working population ****43.3%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.6% for men and 42.7% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 358 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 585 (38%) · **■** Household industry 36 (2%) · **■** Other work 357 (23%) · **■** Marginal 215 (14%)

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 Ratua - I

- Debipur4,070 people
- Karbana4,046 people
- Baikunthapur3,968 people
- Bampal Charkhi3,946 people
- Alpara3,556 people
- Narottampur3,554 people
- Gobindapur3,492 people
- Bakhra3,491 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saha Nagar?3,585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saha Nagar in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saha Nagar?52.5% (Census 2011)