Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur
# Sijdiha

Sijdiha is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 256 people in 59 households, the 167th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.
- 256 people (2011)
- 59 households
- 75.0% literacy
- 984 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sijdiha

Of every 100 households in Sijdiha in 2011, 100 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sijdiha · ■ Sankrail rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 49%
- Toilet within the home 39% 23%
- No toilet (open defecation) 61% 76%
- Tap water 100% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 42% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 94%
- Use banking services 97% 51%
- Television 39% 14%
- Mobile phone 48% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 19% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 7% 19%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sijdiha?

■ Sijdiha · ■ Sankrail rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 75.0% 73.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 984 982
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1154 973
- Working population 29.3% 45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 67.0% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 62 (83%) · ■ Other work 9 (12%) · ■ Marginal 4 (5%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sankrail
- Bara Dainmari 259 people
- Kulghagri 259 people
- Mechya 259 people
- Kismat Ramanandapur 258 people
- Mahulbani 255 people
- Jashua 254 people
- Nagdona 249 people
- Purna Pani 249 people

All 287 villages in Sankrail

## Other places named Sijdiha
- Sijdiha · Village, Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur · 105 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sijdiha? 256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sijdiha in? Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sijdiha? 75.0% (Census 2011)

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