# Ful Sikhar Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Ful Sikhar

Ful Sikhar is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,340 people in 313 households**, the 70th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,340people (2011)
- 313households
- 76.4%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ful Sikhar

Of every 100 households in Ful Sikhar in 2011, 30 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ful Sikhar · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**76%

Tap water ****58%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**32%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**48%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Ful Sikhar?

■ Ful Sikhar · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**945

Working population ****32.2%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 70.5% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 116 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (22%) · **■** Household industry 28 (6%) · **■** Other work 23 (5%) · **■** Marginal 170 (39%)

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 Burwan

- Debagram1,384 people
- Mahurakandi1,378 people
- Rayhat1,368 people
- Kogram1,359 people
- Sabaldaha1,324 people
- Sitalgram1,310 people
- Pashupatibati1,277 people
- Tita1,259 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ful Sikhar?1,340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ful Sikhar in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ful Sikhar?76.4% (Census 2011)