# Sihara Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Sihara

Sihara is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,738 people in 368 households**, the 56th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,738people (2011)
- 368households
- 81.1%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sihara

Of every 100 households in Sihara in 2011, 20 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sihara · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**20%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Sihara?

■ Sihara · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****703**

**954

Working population ****37.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 76.8% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 182 (28%) · **■** Household industry 69 (11%) · **■** Other work 167 (26%) · **■** Marginal 43 (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

- Pauli1,803 people
- Haldi1,802 people
- Santoshpur1,786 people
- Sahapur1,750 people
- Telangal1,722 people
- Ghuguridanga1,713 people
- Fulbari1,711 people
- Jindighi1,707 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sihara?1,738 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sihara in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sihara?81.1% (Census 2011)