# Sachandih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Sachandih

Sachandih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **892 people in 168 households**, the 72nd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 892people (2011)
- 168households
- 59.3%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sachandih

Of every 100 households in Sachandih in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sachandih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**85%

Use banking services ****44%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sachandih?

■ Sachandih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**957

Working population ****54.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 44.9% for women. 56% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 47 (10%) · **■** Marginal 279 (58%)

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 Barabazar

- Gidighati920 people
- Khanri Pahari904 people
- Raghunatpur898 people
- Gopalpur Alias Nutandih897 people
- Bamnidih885 people
- Bamundiha883 people
- Bagalbandh876 people
- Puijanga868 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sachandih?892 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sachandih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sachandih?59.3% (Census 2011)