# Uchitpur Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Uchitpur

Uchitpur is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,254 people in 306 households**, the 65th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,254people (2011)
- 306households
- 85.0%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchitpur

Of every 100 households in Uchitpur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uchitpur · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**94%

Use banking services ****33%**

**48%

Television ****23%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Uchitpur?

■ Uchitpur · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.0%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**952

Working population ****64.3%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 77.2% for women. 69% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 533 (66%) · **■** Other work 65 (8%) · **■** Marginal 163 (20%)

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 Sabang

- Bene Dighi1,329 people
- Kalidahachara1,283 people
- Krorda1,264 people
- Nona Madhabchak1,261 people
- Dihi Badalpur1,253 people
- Amda1,250 people
- Katina1,242 people
- Uchitpur1,238 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchitpur?1,254 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchitpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchitpur?85.0% (Census 2011)