# Athua Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Athua

Athua is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,654 people in 346 households**, the 64th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,654people (2011)
- 346households
- 67.4%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Athua

Of every 100 households in Athua in 2011, 15 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Athua · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****21%**

**20%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**39%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Athua?

■ Athua · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1404**

**954

Working population ****34.1%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 62.2% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 233 (41%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 45 (8%) · **■** Marginal 117 (21%)

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

- Jindighi1,707 people
- Kismat Nispibiral1,698 people
- Pilki1,690 people
- Belsanda1,663 people
- Barala1,565 people
- Jogpur1,545 people
- Dhalsa1,544 people
- Choapukuria1,506 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Athua?1,654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Athua in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Athua?67.4% (Census 2011)