# Sarpakhia Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Sarpakhia

Sarpakhia is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,908 people in 449 households**, the 46th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 1,908people (2011)
- 449households
- 55.4%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarpakhia

Of every 100 households in Sarpakhia in 2011, 21 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarpakhia · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**59%

Tap water ****100%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**38%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****1%**

**25%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sarpakhia?

■ Sarpakhia · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**977

Working population ****34.1%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.3% for men and 50.5% for women. 53% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 198 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (33%) · **■** Household industry 60 (9%) · **■** Other work 71 (11%) · **■** Marginal 107 (16%)

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 Lalgola

- Gouridaspur2,074 people
- Dakshin Ashria Daha2,039 people
- Jot Bhikhan2,020 people
- Gayespur1,969 people
- Sagia1,747 people
- Durgapur1,724 people
- Kaliagachhi1,633 people
- Paranpur1,562 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarpakhia?1,908 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarpakhia in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarpakhia?55.4% (Census 2011)