Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur
# Saridaspur

Saridaspur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,101 people in 512 households, the 23rd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.
- 2,101 people (2011)
- 512 households
- 83.9% literacy
- 903 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saridaspur

Of every 100 households in Saridaspur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saridaspur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 37% 39%
- Toilet within the home 93% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 7% 4%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 95%
- Use banking services 88% 46%
- Television 11% 12%
- Mobile phone 28% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 34% 30%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Saridaspur?

■ Saridaspur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 83.9% 86.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 903 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 954 932
- Working population 43.6% 42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 76.9% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 260 (28%) · ■ Farm labourers 224 (24%) · ■ Household industry 22 (2%) · ■ Other work 128 (14%) · ■ Marginal 283 (31%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I
- Makrampur 2,293 people
- Kharan 2,198 people
- Purba Amarshi 2,175 people
- Bhagabanpur 2,105 people
- Padima 1,879 people
- Shoula Bheri 1,856 people
- Tal Chitkini 1,829 people
- Bar Shankar 1,827 people

All 139 villages in Potashpur - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Saridaspur? 2,101 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saridaspur in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saridaspur? 83.9% (Census 2011)

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