# Companir Char Village, Sagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sagar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Companir Char

Companir Char is a village in Sagar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,262 people in 1,111 households**, the 21st largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 5,262people (2011)
- 1,111households
- 80.8%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Companir Char

Of every 100 households in Companir Char in 2011, 1 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Companir Char · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**13%

Tap water ****10%**

**11%

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

**1%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****60%**

**30%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****30%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Companir Char?

■ Companir Char · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**964

Working population ****36.2%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 72.8% for women. 52% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 233 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 296 (16%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 139 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,215 (64%)

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 Sagar

- Phuldubi5,731 people
- Beguakhali5,683 people
- Dhaspara5,525 people
- Harinbari5,455 people
- Ghoramara5,193 people
- Radha Krishnapur5,082 people
- Sumatinagar4,699 people
- Mahendraganj4,559 people

[All 47 villages in Sagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Companir Char?5,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Companir Char in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Companir Char?80.8% (Census 2011)