# Sehai Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sehai

Sehai is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,189 people in 496 households**, the 23rd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,189people (2011)
- 496households
- 80.7%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sehai

Of every 100 households in Sehai in 2011, 85 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sehai · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**44%

Tap water ****61%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**91%

Use banking services ****60%**

**46%

Television ****56%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

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 Sehai?

■ Sehai · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**981

Working population ****34.9%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 76.8% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (16%) · **■** Household industry 80 (10%) · **■** Other work 415 (54%) · **■** Marginal 87 (11%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Haori2,407 people
- Mohanpur2,393 people
- Barea2,236 people
- Neiya2,191 people
- Ghanasyambati2,162 people
- Chak Bansbaria2,144 people
- Satgachhia2,129 people
- Majherhat2,123 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sehai?2,189 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sehai in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sehai?80.7% (Census 2011)