# Sahapur Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) (2)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Sahapur

Sahapur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **852 people in 188 households**, the 67th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 852people (2011)
- 188households
- 90.4%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahapur

Of every 100 households in Sahapur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahapur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****68%**

**46%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****6%**

**30%

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 Sahapur?

■ Sahapur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**932

Working population ****34.4%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 83.9% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (59%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (10%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Baruipur888 people
- Banamali Chak871 people
- Tupchibar861 people
- Chisti Pur Bheri856 people
- Dangar Tulshi823 people
- Satbahini804 people
- Kulrakhi797 people
- Gabdangar793 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahapur?852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahapur?90.4% (Census 2011)