# Saripur Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Saripur

Saripur is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,644 people in 561 households**, the 19th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 2,644people (2011)
- 561households
- 86.4%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saripur

Of every 100 households in Saripur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Saripur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**8%

Tap water ****5%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**30%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Saripur?

■ Saripur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**925

Working population ****33.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 81.5% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 234 (27%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 223 (26%) · **■** Marginal 382 (44%)

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 Chandipur

- Rasik Chak2,935 people
- Kalika Khali2,759 people
- Narandanri2,714 people
- Brindabanpur2,676 people
- Damodarpur2,537 people
- Sultanpur2,485 people
- Majnabaria2,467 people
- Patna2,404 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saripur?2,644 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saripur in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saripur?86.4% (Census 2011)