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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Sarifabad

Sarifabad is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,433 people in 328 households**, the 73rd largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,433people (2011)
- 328households
- 84.2%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarifabad

Of every 100 households in Sarifabad in 2011, 63 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Sarifabad · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**63%

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

**75%

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

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**93%

Use banking services ****48%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**15%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sarifabad?

■ Sarifabad · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**949

Working population ****37.8%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 76.1% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (16%) · **■** Household industry 40 (7%) · **■** Other work 134 (25%) · **■** Marginal 207 (38%)

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

- Harinarayan Chak1,512 people
- Raniara1,500 people
- Dabuapukur1,472 people
- Medinipur Ratudya1,433 people
- Isahakpur1,410 people
- Harirampur1,377 people
- Aror1,366 people
- Shrirampur1,325 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarifabad?1,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarifabad in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarifabad?84.2% (Census 2011)