# Safiabad Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Safiabad

Safiabad is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,460 people in 325 households**, the 26th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,460people (2011)
- 325households
- 80.6%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Safiabad

Of every 100 households in Safiabad in 2011, 50 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Safiabad · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**83%

Use banking services ****30%**

**46%

Television ****40%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**15%

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 Safiabad?

■ Safiabad · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1205**

**971

Working population ****44.5%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 73.8% for women. 64% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (31%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 304 (47%) · **■** Marginal 35 (5%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Hariatara1,598 people
- Japhala1,531 people
- Tangasol1,508 people
- Ghagra1,489 people
- Pratappur1,446 people
- Maheshpur1,417 people
- Walipur1,411 people
- Pathri1,378 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Safiabad?1,460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Safiabad in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Safiabad?80.6% (Census 2011)