# Sarsa Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Sarsa

Sarsa is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **759 people in 171 households**, the 90th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 759people (2011)
- 171households
- 94.0%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarsa

Of every 100 households in Sarsa in 2011, 52 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sarsa · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****34%**

**35%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**30%

Own their home ****86%**

**94%

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 Sarsa?

■ Sarsa · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.0%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1214**

**949

Working population ****40.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 91.5% for women. 62% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 83 (27%) · **■** Marginal 137 (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 Deshopran

- Mirzapur788 people
- Bamunia Nankar784 people
- Panchgechhya775 people
- Champainagar773 people
- Nankar Gopinathpur758 people
- Sikdar Chak739 people
- Balu Bar725 people
- Dakshin Murabanya722 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarsa?759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarsa in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarsa?94.0% (Census 2011)