# Fulban Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Fulban

Fulban is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **587 people in 130 households**, the 126th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 587people (2011)
- 130households
- 60.1%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Fulban

Of every 100 households in Fulban in 2011, 1 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Fulban · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****1%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**39%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Fulban?

■ Fulban · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**954

Working population ****48.7%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 59.3% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 263 (92%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 8 (3%)

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

- Kumarthi657 people
- Nachna656 people
- Harirampur637 people
- Aheripara612 people
- Narasinghapur571 people
- Hosenpur568 people
- Hukumapur543 people
- Tokardanga543 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Fulban?587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fulban in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Fulban?60.1% (Census 2011)