# Surjyapur Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Surjyapur

Surjyapur is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **688 people in 122 households**, the 118th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 688people (2011)
- 122households
- 58.0%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Surjyapur

Of every 100 households in Surjyapur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Surjyapur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****22%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****14%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Surjyapur?

■ Surjyapur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**954

Working population ****42.2%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.0% for men and 57.0% for women. 55% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (11%) · **■** Household industry 16 (6%) · **■** Other work 36 (12%) · **■** Marginal 156 (54%)

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

- Mahipal737 people
- Gosaingram694 people
- Parulia694 people
- Alankar692 people
- Komadda683 people
- Dumaipur663 people
- Uttar Kalikapur660 people
- Kumarthi657 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Surjyapur?688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surjyapur in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Surjyapur?58.0% (Census 2011)