# Sankarpur Village, Baruipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sankarpur

Sankarpur is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,630 people in 365 households**, the 71st largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,630people (2011)
- 365households
- 61.7%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankarpur

Of every 100 households in Sankarpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankarpur · ■ Baruipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**35%

Tap water ****42%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**85%

Use banking services ****64%**

**39%

Television ****18%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**29%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Sankarpur?

■ Sankarpur · ■ Baruipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**954

Working population ****36.5%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.2% for men and 57.1% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 55 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (17%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 146 (25%) · **■** Marginal 294 (49%)

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 Baruipur

- Purba Mallikpur1,752 people
- Alipur1,702 people
- Jamalhati1,662 people
- Dakshin Kalyanpur1,638 people
- Shrirampur1,626 people
- Durga1,446 people
- Bagdaha1,443 people
- Paschim Mallikpur1,436 people

[All 126 villages in Baruipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/baruipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankarpur?1,630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankarpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankarpur?61.7% (Census 2011)