# Sankuria Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Sankuria

Sankuria is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,806 people in 446 households**, the 47th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,806people (2011)
- 446households
- 70.1%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankuria

Of every 100 households in Sankuria in 2011, 39 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankuria · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**35%

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

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**13%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****91%**

**58%

Television ****28%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sankuria?

■ Sankuria · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**965

Working population ****44.4%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 63.0% for women. 60% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 467 (58%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 140 (17%) · **■** Marginal 66 (8%)

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 Nabagram

- Garra1,938 people
- Narayanpur1,934 people
- Madhunia1,821 people
- Bagmara1,817 people
- Suki1,798 people
- Itasaran1,772 people
- Chanak1,721 people
- Isanpur1,681 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankuria?1,806 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankuria in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankuria?70.1% (Census 2011)