# Saktipur Village, Bharatpur - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Bharatpur - I, Murshidabad 

# Saktipur

Saktipur is a village in Bharatpur - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,766 people in 400 households**, the 35th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.9%.

- 1,766people (2011)
- 400households
- 73.9%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saktipur

Of every 100 households in Saktipur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saktipur · ■ Bharatpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**67%

Tap water ****29%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****66%**

**36%

Television ****27%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**44%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Saktipur?

■ Saktipur · ■ Bharatpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**62.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**971

Working population ****35.1%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 64.9% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 261 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (31%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 127 (20%) · **■** Marginal 26 (4%)

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 Bharatpur - I

- Raghunathpur Palisa2,046 people
- Masundi2,044 people
- Akta1,882 people
- Ruha1,805 people
- Gunanandabati1,693 people
- Bhaluipara1,658 people
- Sahabajpur1,530 people
- Hamidpur1,513 people

[All 92 villages in Bharatpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bharatpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saktipur?1,766 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saktipur in?Murshidabad district (Bharatpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saktipur?73.9% (Census 2011)