# Sakua Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Sakua

Sakua is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,450 people in 876 households**, the 21st largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 3,450people (2011)
- 876households
- 68.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sakua

Of every 100 households in Sakua in 2011, 26 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sakua · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**52%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**64%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**29%

Television ****16%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**28%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Sakua?

■ Sakua · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**969

Working population ****32.3%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 66.5% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 226 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 472 (42%) · **■** Household industry 31 (3%) · **■** Other work 182 (16%) · **■** Marginal 204 (18%)

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 Nawda

- Surangapur6,343 people
- Alampur6,267 people
- Gangadhari5,268 people
- Dudhsar4,562 people
- Dakatiapota2,655 people
- Paresnathpur2,264 people
- Ghoramara2,111 people
- Sibnagar1,869 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sakua?3,450 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakua in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sakua?68.9% (Census 2011)