# Sahajadapur, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur – Population

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Sahajadapur

Sahajadapur is a village in [Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,291 people in 279 households**, the 34th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,291people (2011)
- 279households
- 90.9%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahajadapur

Of every 100 households in Sahajadapur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahajadapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****59%**

**43%

Television ****2%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Sahajadapur?

■ Sahajadapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**956

Working population ****35.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 85.0% for women. 67% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 282 (62%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (11%) · **■** Marginal 49 (11%)

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 Contai - I

- Tentulmuri1,491 people
- Barbarya1,352 people
- Uttarkhasda1,315 people
- Band Gobindapur1,311 people
- Natdighi1,286 people
- Beltalya1,257 people
- Daudpur1,242 people
- Alalpur1,196 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Other places named Sahajadapur

- Sahajadapur · Village, Jaynagar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas · 2,383 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahajadapur?1,291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahajadapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahajadapur?90.9% (Census 2011)