# Sekandarpur Village, Haringhata, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Haringhata, Nadia 

# Sekandarpur

Sekandarpur is a village in Haringhata sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,917 people in 1,951 households**, the 2nd largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 7,917people (2011)
- 1,951households
- 81.9%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sekandarpur

Of every 100 households in Sekandarpur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sekandarpur · ■ Haringhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**12%

Tap water ****15%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**8%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****32%**

**43%

Television ****27%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Sekandarpur?

■ Sekandarpur · ■ Haringhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**960

Working population ****41.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 76.1% for women. 64% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 451 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 664 (20%) · **■** Household industry 350 (11%) · **■** Other work 1,321 (41%) · **■** Marginal 459 (14%)

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 Haringhata

- Ukrah13,548 people
- Kathdanga7,417 people
- Subuddipur6,051 people
- Mollabalia5,889 people
- Uttar Datta Para5,430 people

[All 83 villages in Haringhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/haringhata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sekandarpur?7,917 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sekandarpur in?Nadia district (Haringhata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sekandarpur?81.9% (Census 2011)