# Sankarpur Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Sankarpur

Sankarpur is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,411 people in 793 households**, the 10th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 4,411people (2011)
- 793households
- 49.3%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankarpur

Of every 100 households in Sankarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sankarpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**28%

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

**28%

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

**71%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**23%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**70%

Use banking services ****48%**

**44%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**31%

Own their home ****88%**

**97%

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 Sankarpur?

■ Sankarpur · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.3%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**956

Working population ****45.4%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.6% for men and 46.1% for women. 44% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 207 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 327 (16%) · **■** Household industry 825 (41%) · **■** Other work 332 (17%) · **■** Marginal 310 (15%)

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 Farakka

- Imamnagar6,933 people
- Jigri Kulgachhi6,004 people
- Uttar Bhabanipur5,509 people
- Sri Rampur4,848 people
- Andhua4,090 people
- Bahadurpur4,079 people
- Sahabazpur3,984 people
- Alaipur3,969 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankarpur?4,411 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankarpur in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankarpur?49.3% (Census 2011)