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

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Singda

Singda is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **550 people in 105 households**, the 101st largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 550people (2011)
- 105households
- 96.2%literacy
- 827females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Singda

Of every 100 households in Singda in 2011, 87 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Singda · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****51%**

**46%

Television ****32%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Singda?

■ Singda · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.2%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****827**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**932

Working population ****37.6%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.5% for men and 93.5% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (22%) · **■** Household industry 12 (6%) · **■** Other work 59 (29%) · **■** Marginal 19 (9%)

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

- Kakurya Danga598 people
- Joykrishnapur592 people
- Mahespur579 people
- Payrachali560 people
- Dakshin Rautara541 people
- Maishali540 people
- Ramkhali535 people
- Bulakipur533 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 Singda?550 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Singda in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Singda?96.2% (Census 2011)