# Alankar Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Alankar

Alankar is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **692 people in 164 households**, the 117th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 692people (2011)
- 164households
- 62.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alankar

Of every 100 households in Alankar in 2011, 6 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alankar · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Alankar?

■ Alankar · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****756**

**954

Working population ****52.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 55.6% for women. 59% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 55 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (23%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 197 (55%)

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 Sagardighi

- Char Sundarpur743 people
- Mahipal737 people
- Gosaingram694 people
- Parulia694 people
- Surjyapur688 people
- Komadda683 people
- Dumaipur663 people
- Uttar Kalikapur660 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alankar?692 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alankar in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alankar?62.3% (Census 2011)