# Sankardaha Village, Minakhan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sankardaha

Sankardaha is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,487 people in 480 households**, the 31st largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,487people (2011)
- 480households
- 67.4%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankardaha

Of every 100 households in Sankardaha in 2011, 4 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sankardaha · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**14%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****11%**

**29%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**44%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Sankardaha?

■ Sankardaha · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**961

Working population ****30.7%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 64.2% for women. 52% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (29%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 180 (24%) · **■** Marginal 269 (35%)

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 Minakhan

- Sultanpur2,615 people
- Malancha Abad2,610 people
- Amadpur2,528 people
- Muchikhola2,522 people
- Chanpali2,434 people
- Padmapukuria2,431 people
- Tentultala2,418 people
- Niruli Abad2,372 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankardaha?2,487 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankardaha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankardaha?67.4% (Census 2011)