# Sankupi Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Sankupi

Sankupi is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,569 people in 496 households**, the 12th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,569people (2011)
- 496households
- 57.7%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankupi

Of every 100 households in Sankupi in 2011, 12 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sankupi · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****32%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sankupi?

■ Sankupi · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**951

Working population ****48.5%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 39.6% for women. 59% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 573 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (7%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 130 (10%) · **■** Marginal 449 (36%)

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 Bagmundi

- Madla3,070 people
- Gobindapur3,064 people
- Suisa2,649 people
- Karru2,588 people
- Chorda2,568 people
- Gagi2,441 people
- Hurumda2,406 people
- Biddiri2,110 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankupi?2,569 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankupi in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankupi?57.7% (Census 2011)