# Surangapur Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Surangapur

Surangapur is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,343 people in 1,595 households**, the 17th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 6,343people (2011)
- 1,595households
- 75.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Surangapur

Of every 100 households in Surangapur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Surangapur · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**52%

Tap water ****22%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**95%

Use banking services ****46%**

**29%

Television ****36%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Surangapur?

■ Surangapur · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**66.1%

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

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****834**

**969

Working population ****34.9%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 73.9% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 282 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 596 (27%) · **■** Household industry 20 (1%) · **■** Other work 940 (42%) · **■** Marginal 376 (17%)

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

- Mahammadpur7,298 people
- Chandkati7,046 people
- Bundai Nagar6,908 people
- Jagaiapur6,360 people
- Alampur6,267 people
- Gangadhari5,268 people
- Dudhsar4,562 people
- Sakua3,450 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Surangapur?6,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surangapur in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Surangapur?75.9% (Census 2011)