# 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 **1,238 people in 290 households**, the 69th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,238people (2011)
- 290households
- 92.9%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchitpur

Of every 100 households in Uchitpur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uchitpur · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****56%**

**48%

Television ****29%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****6%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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+) ****92.9%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1455**

**952

Working population ****60.6%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 87.8% for women. 62% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 150 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 79 (11%) · **■** Other work 58 (8%) · **■** Marginal 462 (62%)

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

- Uchitpur1,254 people
- Dihi Badalpur1,253 people
- Amda1,250 people
- Katina1,242 people
- Belki1,223 people
- Lakshya1,202 people
- Krishna Palashi1,160 people
- Kalyanpur1,152 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchitpur?1,238 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchitpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchitpur?92.9% (Census 2011)