# Sankhari Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Sankhari

Sankhari is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,140 people in 213 households**, the 41st largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,140people (2011)
- 213households
- 49.2%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankhari

Of every 100 households in Sankhari in 2011, 13 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sankhari · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**18%

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 Sankhari?

■ Sankhari · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.2%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**957

Working population ****53.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.9% for men and 33.8% for women. 56% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 247 (40%) · **■** Marginal 363 (59%)

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

- Bardaha1,222 people
- Lakshmanpur1,190 people
- Bajra1,180 people
- Nischintapur1,162 people
- Bankati1,137 people
- Taldih Als.Nabudih Maisadabar1,137 people
- Manpur1,128 people
- Jharia1,121 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankhari?1,140 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankhari in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankhari?49.2% (Census 2011)