# Sagma Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Sagma

Sagma is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,818 people in 346 households**, the 23rd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,818people (2011)
- 346households
- 57.8%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sagma

Of every 100 households in Sagma in 2011, 47 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sagma · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**89%

Use banking services ****12%**

**39%

Television ****16%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Sagma?

■ Sagma · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**939

Working population ****49.0%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 47.6% for women. 59% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 26 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (17%) · **■** Other work 146 (16%) · **■** Marginal 571 (64%)

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 Balarampur

- Supurdi1,961 people
- Garga1,958 people
- Ghatbera1,858 people
- Karma1,856 people
- Giting Lahar1,797 people
- Salbani1,627 people
- Hanspur1,585 people
- Ruchap1,566 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sagma?1,818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sagma in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sagma?57.8% (Census 2011)