# Sasangdih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Sasangdih

Sasangdih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **614 people in 126 households**, the 113th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 614people (2011)
- 126households
- 50.2%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sasangdih

Of every 100 households in Sasangdih in 2011, 29 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sasangdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****15%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sasangdih?

■ Sasangdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**957

Working population ****52.3%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 31.2% for women. 54% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 140 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 168 (52%)

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

- Tetuladih645 people
- Raladih627 people
- Bamu620 people
- Pathraghata619 people
- Badhadih582 people
- Basbera578 people
- Babuijor574 people
- Gourdih574 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sasangdih?614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sasangdih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sasangdih?50.2% (Census 2011)