# Sahapur Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Sahapur

Sahapur is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,750 people in 383 households**, the 55th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,750people (2011)
- 383households
- 62.9%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahapur

Of every 100 households in Sahapur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahapur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**25%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****38%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****38%**

**20%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**39%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Sahapur?

■ Sahapur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**954

Working population ****48.5%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 56.6% for women. 60% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 119 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (11%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (6%) · **■** Marginal 579 (68%)

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

- Uttar Ramnagar1,807 people
- Pauli1,803 people
- Haldi1,802 people
- Santoshpur1,786 people
- Sihara1,738 people
- Telangal1,722 people
- Ghuguridanga1,713 people
- Fulbari1,711 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahapur?1,750 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahapur in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahapur?62.9% (Census 2011)