# Saudkhali Char Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Saudkhali Char

Saudkhali Char is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **877 people in 158 households**, the 70th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 877people (2011)
- 158households
- 83.6%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saudkhali Char

Of every 100 households in Saudkhali Char in 2011, 26 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saudkhali Char · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****29%**

**31%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Saudkhali Char?

■ Saudkhali Char · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**922

Working population ****29.6%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 77.3% for women. 54% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 95 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (52%) · **■** Other work 19 (7%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Bar Kanda Pashara940 people
- Raynagar894 people
- Baincha Bari887 people
- Jelyamara878 people
- Basuli Chak861 people
- Madhabpur845 people
- Mirza Chak842 people
- Keshabpur841 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saudkhali Char?877 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saudkhali Char in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saudkhali Char?83.6% (Census 2011)