# Sandalpur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Sandalpur

Sandalpur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,079 people in 706 households**, the 9th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 3,079people (2011)
- 706households
- 88.5%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sandalpur

Of every 100 households in Sandalpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sandalpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**34%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****25%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****44%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sandalpur?

■ Sandalpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**943

Working population ****38.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 82.2% for women. 56% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 454 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (6%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 100 (8%) · **■** Marginal 558 (47%)

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 - II

- Panchet4,106 people
- Mustaphapur3,988 people
- Mathura3,860 people
- Satshatamal3,565 people
- Pratap Dighi3,046 people
- Tupchibar3,011 people
- Gabardhanpur2,843 people
- Jagati2,802 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sandalpur?3,079 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sandalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sandalpur?88.5% (Census 2011)