# Krishnanagar Village, Sagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sagar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Krishnanagar

Krishnanagar is a village in Sagar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,105 people in 1,624 households**, the 4th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 8,105people (2011)
- 1,624households
- 87.8%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Krishnanagar

Of every 100 households in Krishnanagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Krishnanagar · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**13%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****32%**

**30%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****21%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Krishnanagar?

■ Krishnanagar · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**964

Working population ****46.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 81.0% for women. 59% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 416 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 564 (15%) · **■** Household industry 37 (1%) · **■** Other work 927 (25%) · **■** Marginal 1,810 (48%)

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

- Gangasagar10,340 people
- Sibpur9,344 people
- Haradhanpur8,998 people
- Kachubaria7,727 people
- Khas Ramkarerchhar7,556 people
- Rudranagar7,132 people
- Dhablat6,778 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 Krishnanagar?8,105 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Krishnanagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Krishnanagar?87.8% (Census 2011)