# Megha Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Megha

Megha is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,495 people in 319 households**, the 69th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,495people (2011)
- 319households
- 73.9%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Megha

Of every 100 households in Megha in 2011, 30 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Megha · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****38%**

**20%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**39%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Megha?

■ Megha · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1210**

**954

Working population ****34.9%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 70.6% for women. 60% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 116 (22%) · **■** Marginal 167 (32%)

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

- Barala1,565 people
- Jogpur1,545 people
- Dhalsa1,544 people
- Choapukuria1,506 people
- Khatua1,489 people
- Balarmbati1,471 people
- Ratanpur1,447 people
- Saorail1,444 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Megha?1,495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Megha in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Megha?73.9% (Census 2011)