# Sahara Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Sahara

Sahara is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,378 people in 489 households**, the 21st largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 2,378people (2011)
- 489households
- 86.0%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahara

Of every 100 households in Sahara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahara · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**46%

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

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**10%

Tap water ****3%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**37%

Television ****5%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sahara?

■ Sahara · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**926

Working population ****45.9%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 77.9% for women. 66% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 351 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (3%) · **■** Marginal 534 (49%)

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 Egra - I

- Erendabar2,467 people
- Sarrang2,448 people
- Bolkushda2,403 people
- Shipur2,399 people
- Baranehari2,302 people
- Shwnia2,221 people
- Jamki2,175 people
- Charpalia1,954 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahara?2,378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahara in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahara?86.0% (Census 2011)