# Sahara Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Sahara

Sahara is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,872 people in 482 households**, the 26th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,872people (2011)
- 482households
- 69.9%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahara

Of every 100 households in Sahara in 2011, 37 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sahara · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****75%**

**60%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**98%

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 Sahara?

■ Sahara · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**942

Working population ****60.8%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 59.1% for women. 64% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 429 (38%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (3%) · **■** Marginal 619 (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 Pingla

- Handal2,072 people
- Khirinda2,031 people
- Saharda1,966 people
- Keleyara1,910 people
- Chandipur1,869 people
- Lakshmi Pari1,856 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Paschim Bar1,852 people
- Kusumda1,836 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahara?1,872 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahara?69.9% (Census 2011)