# Saharda Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Saharda

Saharda is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,262 people in 268 households**, the 47th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,262people (2011)
- 268households
- 81.9%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saharda

Of every 100 households in Saharda in 2011, 70 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saharda · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**33%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Saharda?

■ Saharda · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**953

Working population ****36.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 69.7% for women. 65% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 123 (27%) · **■** Marginal 221 (48%)

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 - II

- Uttar Pathari1,353 people
- Garia1,325 people
- Asti1,302 people
- Bar Bhagia1,274 people
- Aranga1,243 people
- Piraj Khan Bar1,176 people
- Tentuliagiri1,176 people
- Mota Ghata1,111 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saharda?1,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saharda in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saharda?81.9% (Census 2011)