Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Sahara

Sahara is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,934 people in 708 households, the 18th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.
- 2,934 people (2011)
- 708 households
- 81.9% literacy
- 953 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahara

Of every 100 households in Sahara in 2011, 62 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sahara · ■ Falta rural average
- Electricity for lighting 62% 54%
- Toilet within the home 62% 49%
- No toilet (open defecation) 36% 49%
- Tap water 48% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 14% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 68% 91%
- Use banking services 44% 37%
- Television 41% 31%
- Mobile phone 40% 39%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 31% 37%
- Own their home 98% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sahara?

■ Sahara · ■ Falta rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 81.9% 76.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 953 954
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 934 965
- Working population 35.9% 35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 76.7% for women. 63% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 39 (4%) · ■ Farm labourers 16 (2%) · ■ Household industry 9 (1%) · ■ Other work 419 (40%) · ■ Marginal 569 (54%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Falta
- Kasirampur 3,087 people
- Keyat Khanda 3,081 people
- Mulpunja 3,052 people
- Gotra 3,008 people
- Sujagalpur 2,922 people
- Noapukhuria 2,882 people
- Dona 2,877 people
- Paschhim Gopalpur 2,769 people

All 129 villages in Falta

## Other places named Sahara
- Sahara · Sub-district, Bhilwara · 135,086 people
- Sahara · Village, Bhogaon, Mainpuri · 9,579 people
- Sahara · Village, Sahara, Bhilwara · 5,532 people
- Sahara · Village, Agra, Agra · 5,098 people
- Sahara · Village, Bhadrak Rural, Bhadrak · 3,010 people
- Sahara · Village, Singla, Baleshwar · 2,963 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sahara? 2,934 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahara in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahara? 81.9% (Census 2011)

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