# Sekhpur Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sekhpur

Sekhpur is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **850 people in 187 households**, the 58th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 850people (2011)
- 187households
- 85.8%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sekhpur

Of every 100 households in Sekhpur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sekhpur · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****62%**

**18%

Television ****35%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**46%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Sekhpur?

■ Sekhpur · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.8%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**982

Working population ****34.0%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 74.1% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 80 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 105 (36%) · **■** Marginal 103 (36%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Badibarasi928 people
- Muraripur910 people
- Chak Madhusudanpur887 people
- Sadial885 people
- Ramchandrapur841 people
- Banshtala Baraghari835 people
- Satghara755 people
- Dakshin Ramnagar739 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sekhpur?850 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sekhpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sekhpur?85.8% (Census 2011)