# Sahalajpur Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Sahalajpur

Sahalajpur is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,194 people in 233 households**, the 91st largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,194people (2011)
- 233households
- 79.5%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahalajpur

Of every 100 households in Sahalajpur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sahalajpur · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**36%

Television ****10%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sahalajpur?

■ Sahalajpur · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**949

Working population ****53.1%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 68.7% for women. 62% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 26 (4%) · **■** Marginal 580 (91%)

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 Panskura

- Palsa1,239 people
- Ratulia Dalbar1,228 people
- Harashankarpur1,198 people
- Uttar Chanchiara1,197 people
- Erapur Shiromani Chak1,186 people
- Jagatpur1,184 people
- Bijaynagar1,172 people
- Masimabad1,165 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahalajpur?1,194 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahalajpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahalajpur?79.5% (Census 2011)