# Popara Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Popara

Popara is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,107 people in 2,183 households**, the 3rd largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 10,107people (2011)
- 2,183households
- 79.9%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Popara

Of every 100 households in Popara in 2011, 58 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Popara · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**83%

Tap water ****15%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**95%

Use banking services ****39%**

**20%

Television ****38%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****29%**

**39%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Popara?

■ Popara · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**954

Working population ****31.4%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 77.3% for women. 53% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 480 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,086 (34%) · **■** Household industry 111 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,284 (41%) · **■** Marginal 209 (7%)

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

- Kabilpur16,489 people
- Balia10,299 people
- Dasturhat9,959 people
- Kantanagar9,453 people
- Bokhara8,000 people
- Char Mathurapur7,112 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Popara?10,107 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Popara in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Popara?79.9% (Census 2011)