# Sungai Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Sungai

Sungai is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,759 people in 373 households**, the 65th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,759people (2011)
- 373households
- 50.8%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sungai

Of every 100 households in Sungai in 2011, 6 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sungai · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**55%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**52%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**92%

Use banking services ****16%**

**33%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sungai?

■ Sungai · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.8%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**972

Working population ****43.9%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 42.4% for women. 58% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 655 (85%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 60 (8%) · **■** Marginal 11 (1%)

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 Berhampore

- Baikunthapur1,881 people
- Mankara1,848 people
- Harirampur1,814 people
- Debidaspur1,805 people
- Bahara1,711 people
- Belia Khari1,665 people
- Naopara1,618 people
- Bhatpara1,602 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sungai?1,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sungai in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sungai?50.8% (Census 2011)