# Sahapur Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Sahapur

Sahapur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,172 people in 247 households**, the 45th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,172people (2011)
- 247households
- 89.8%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahapur

Of every 100 households in Sahapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahapur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**76%

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

**20%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**38%

Television ****19%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.8%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**974

Working population ****34.0%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 85.0% for women. 47% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 57 (14%) · **■** Marginal 322 (81%)

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 Sutahata

- Tajpur1,191 people
- Agadoro1,187 people
- Anantapur1,179 people
- Khanpur1,176 people
- Manirampur1,171 people
- Jamal Chak1,164 people
- Bangopalpur1,160 people
- Latpatia1,149 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahapur?1,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahapur?89.8% (Census 2011)